On Weibo, Xu Qingyan, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.
She forwarded Xiyu's Weibo post and wrote:
Xu Qingyan: I have been following this matter. As a teacher, I think Xiao Luo is kind, sincere, humble and hardworking. I believe in his character and professional ability. As a handicrafter, I hate plagiarism and feel extremely ashamed of the vicious competition and malicious framing in the industry. Right and wrong will be judged, and justice will be in the hearts of the people.
As soon as Xu Qingyan spoke up, Sister Shao and others who had been holding back for a long time could no longer remain silent. They all reposted Xiyu's Weibo, saying how lovely Teacher Luo was in their eyes, expressing their support for him and strongly condemning Fang and rrmft0429.
In addition to these people they knew, many people that Zhan Xi and Luo Jingyu didn’t know were also forwarding the message. Some were Xu Qingyan’s students, some were from original Hanfu brand studios, and some were craftsmen from other industries who had participated in the Maker Festival. They all expressed their support.
Although except for some Hanfu studios that have hundreds of thousands of fans, the number of fans of other handicrafts makers only ranges from a few thousand to tens of thousands, which cannot be compared with the melons of entertainment stars, this incident still caused quite a stir in the small Hanfu circle and handicraft circle.
The logic of the whole incident is very clear. As long as you read Xiyu's long Weibo post, you will get the point: Fang and Mr. Luo went from being partners to competitors. When Xiyu's hot flower business was just starting out, Fang used heavy measures to suppress Mr. Luo and used a series of malicious means to make him fail as a single person and make it impossible for him to make a comeback in the hot flower business.
The public relations department of Huanchang Hanfu was about to set off firecrackers to celebrate. They quickly reposted the two Weibo posts about "Fish Playing in Lotus" and wrote a long statement to support Xiyu. They said that they would show no tolerance to those who falsely accused Huanchang and Mr. Luo of plagiarism and would definitely use legal means to defend the original design and brand dignity.
rrmft0429 once tried to fight back, and posted on Weibo that her design draft was indeed completed on the 18th, but the one in which Teacher Luo made the hairpin was completed on the 15th. A friend saw it when she visited her home. It was probably leaked by that friend and seen by Teacher Luo.
Xiyu generously forwarded her Weibo post.
Xiyu Hot Flower Art: Really? Then prove it to me. [狗头]
Netizens immediately commented:
Netizen 1: ft0429, didn't you say that you never showed the design to anyone? Why did another friend suddenly show up at this time
Netizen 2: Xiyu said early on that the first draft was taken by that guy surnamed Fang, and he never changed his statement. ft0429, it’s really emmmmmm if you keep changing your mind like this…
Netizen 3: ft0429, hahahaha! You said this yourself: Really? Then prove it to me. As long as you can prove that your draft was indeed drawn before Mr. Luo made the hairpin, then we will admit that you copied Fang's drawings very quickly, hahahaha!
The most confused are those netizens who had attacked Xiyu and Luo Jingyu in the early stages.
Faced with the evidence released by Zhan Xi, fans of "Xiao Yu Yu" and Guan Rujie had mixed feelings, but most of them quickly realized that they were on the wrong side, and then became angry. They attacked rrmft0429 and "Xiao Yu Yu" just as they had attacked Teacher Luo before.
The comments under their Weibo posts were instantly filled with blood and gore, and a barrage of obscene insults.
The comments under Xiyu’s Weibo are much more harmonious.
Netizen 1: I want to apologize to Mr. Luo. How can those people be so disgusting!!! I support Mr. Luo in suing them! The plagiarist will die! The false accusation will lead to life in prison!!
Netizen 2: Woohoo, my house didn't collapse, I'm so happy, the flowers made by Teacher Luo are the most beautiful in the world! Hurry up and go to Xiyu, everyone must go and see my teacher Luo's beautiful hands~~
Netizen 3: After reading the whole melon, I feel that human nature is so complicated. Isn't it just a matter of breaking up? Why do you have to do these things to kill everyone? God is watching you! Now it depends on how the three of you answer. Will there be a reversal
Netizen 4: There won't be a reversal, right? This has been notarized. For someone who has studied for ten years and is a newbie, there is no need to plagiarize. Can't Mr. Luo design it himself? If he works alone, his brain will be useless and he won't be able to design
Netizen 5: It’s not just plagiarism, it’s really a frame-up… I’m too naive [kneeling] How can there be such an idiot? Are they ignorant of the law?
Netizen 6: Why doesn't Fang write a script? What a talent!
Netizen 7: I’m guessing that ft0429 and Miss Ruru Jie are the same person. If you argue with me, you’re right!
Netizen 8: This law noob would like to point out a way for Xiyu. There is a crime called cyber defamation, which was introduced in 2013. I think this case is serious enough to be punished by law!
Netizen 9: I am probably one of the few people who didn’t believe that Mr. Luo would plagiarize from the beginning. I was so happy to tears after seeing Xiyu’s new Weibo. I really cried! ! I started to get involved in the Hanfu circle in my sophomore year. It was the first time I bought Mr. Luo’s flowers. Now I have graduated. I will buy one of Mr. Luo’s customized clothes every year. I just received the one I bought from Xiaoyuyu this year. The quality is really hard to describe. I am going to return it and buy it again from Xiyu! Always follow Mr. Luo!
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"Brother Xiaofang, what should I do? Can I delete those Weibo posts?" Guan Rujie cried loudly on the phone, "Why did you lie to me? You said you were sure they had no evidence, so I listened to you and made a big deal out of it. Now they have produced evidence, what should I say? They are all scolding me! Wuuuuuuu..."
Fang Xu was also extremely anxious. It had been more than a week since the incident, and Zhan Xi and Luo Jingyu suddenly produced irrefutable evidence, which had been notarized by the notary office, leaving them unable to even accuse the other party of "faking their Moments".
At this moment, he and Guan Rujie were both pretending to be dead on Weibo. They felt that nothing they said was right and wanted to delete their Weibo posts. However, Zhan Xi said that she had already preserved their Weibo posts as evidence and it was useless to delete them.
Look at the number of reposts, it has already exceeded 500, and they are all their original Weibo posts. They won’t really be sued, right
Fang Xu tried to comfort Guan Rujie: "Ruru, don't panic. You can't delete the Weibo post. If you delete it, it means you are guilty. You insist that a friend saw the manuscript and took a photo when you were not paying attention. You only found out now that the manuscript was leaked."
Guan Rujie cried and asked, "If they sue me and ask me which friend I am and ask me to testify, where can I find you? I only showed you this picture, and I sent it on WeChat. Can I say it was you?"
"You are mentally ill!" Fang Xu was so angry, "Don't drag me into this! You can't admit that I know you! I'm sticking to my guns and saying that I didn't take their photos. Even if their photos were leaked, it wasn't me. As long as I don't admit it, they have no evidence to prove that I have a relationship with them. At most, netizens are suspicious of me based on what they said. There is no solid evidence, don't you understand?"
Guan Rujie was stunned: "You mean... you want to put yourself aside and let me take the lead? If they want to sue, they can sue me alone?"
Fang Xu softened his tone: "I didn't exclude myself, but just linking me with your small account is like a hammer, and the matter is even more out of control. If you believe me, they are just talking and will not really sue you. If you want to pay compensation, I will help you, don't worry."
Guan Rujie screamed: "How can I feel at ease? This is not about money! I don't need money! I don't want to go to jail! If they come to me through Weibo, they will know that I am Guan Rujie! Can you get away from it? How can I survive in this circle in the future?"
"Tsk." Fang Xu was speechless. "Even if I know you are Guan Rujie, you can still say that this is your own behavior and I didn't know about it. Ruru, remember, never admit to plagiarism. You can't say that you got the picture from me and insist that it was your own inspiration and you drew it yourself, and a friend saw it. Just find that friend, give her money, and say that she studied abroad or something, and she posted the picture on some external social platform and deleted it later. Didn't you study in Russia? You can find it!"
Guan Rujie: “…”
After a moment of silence, she calmed down and said, "Fang Xu, I don't want to cooperate with you anymore. You have to pay me the money I earned from making flowers in August. I've calculated it. It's 120,000 yuan, not a penny less. I won't make flowers for the rest of the time. You can find someone else to do it. If you don't pay me, I will expose everything about you and me. If I die, you can't live either."
Fang Xu roared, "You're still thinking about this at a time like this? Don't you see how many returns there are in the store now? As for the things you made, I don't even care about them because I don't understand them! At the beginning, you swore that your level was about the same as that of the deaf man, but what happened? Ru Ru! You and I are grasshoppers on the same rope. At a time like this, we should be together. You are in the light and I am in the dark. Brother Fang promises to protect you. The deaf man really doesn't like to cause trouble. So, Brother Fang, find a way to beg him. We will pay the money, let's get rid of this matter, and try to make them not sue you. Is that okay?"
"No!" Guan Rujie was very determined at this time, "I don't want to get involved in this mess again. You pay me the money and I will use my second account to beg them. I will come to you for compensation. Do you think my skills are bad now? You didn't say that at the time. Besides! I didn't ask you to take so many orders! I can still guarantee the quality with fewer orders, but with so many! It is impossible to guarantee both quality and quantity. Do you think I am a machine that doesn't need to rest?"
At the beginning, in March, Guan Rujie took the initiative to find Fang Xu and explained her purpose.
She is from Qiantang and learned embossing in Russia. After returning to China, she occasionally took orders for Lolita accessories. However, in recent years, this business has not been as good as that of Hanfu accessories in China.
Guan Rujie wanted to join the Hanfu circle but had no connections. She accidentally discovered that the headquarters of "Xiao Yuyu Handmade Hot Embossing" was in the same city as her, so she went to find Fang Xu and asked if she could outsource some of the business to her.
Privately, Guan Rujie only regarded Fang Xu as a stepping stone. She thought that after working for one or two years, she could go it alone after she became familiar with the Hanfu circle. She would have the same account as those of Sister Shao and Sister Xiao Zhu. She was young and beautiful, and could also establish herself as a beautiful embossing master.
After Fang Xu read Guan Rujie's work at that time, he did not comment and the matter was left unresolved.
Later in June, Fang Xu took the initiative to approach her and asked if Guan Rujie would be willing to cooperate with him if he and his partner broke up.
Guan Rujie knew her level and felt a little guilty, but she still answered "yes". Fang Xu said that if she was willing, she had to do him a favor. If the deaf man worked alone, he would become the biggest competitor of "Xiao Yuyu". If he wanted to continue the hot flower business, he had to blacken Luo Jingyu.
Everything was planned by Fang Xu. "Huan Chang" was just the bird that happened to hit the Internet. Even if it weren't for Huan Chang, other brands would have suffered. Even if the incident didn't happen in July, it would have happened in August, September, or some unknown time.
Fang Xu knew Luo Jingyu's working habits too well. His original idea was to ruin Luo Jingyu's reputation and make "Xiyu" carry a stigma forever.
Even if Luo Jingyu changed his identity and started over with a different brand, Fang Xu would be able to find him out based on his understanding of his works. In other words, even if Luo Jingyu struggled to survive in the embossing industry, he would never be able to make it.
Things went exceptionally smoothly. Fang Xu was originally just watching, but Luo Jingyu came and beat him up, which completely pissed him off, and he couldn't wait to make a big deal out of it.
Luo Jingyu was so impulsive, she must have no evidence! If she had evidence, why would she risk jail time to beat him up
Fang Xu regretted his decision. How could a deaf person keep such a trick? He was really careless. The situation was becoming very embarrassing. Guan Rujie was almost driven crazy. The Taobao store was flooded with refund applications, but he hadn't agreed to any of them.
If I agree, I will lose more than 200,000 yuan, and have a bunch of useless jewelry on hand. I have to pay Guan Rujie. If I don’t pay her, she will be even more crazy. If I don’t agree, I can’t drag it out! The customer will go to Taobao to make trouble. This matter is really difficult to handle.
The blame lies with that fool Guan Rujie. Why did she say that the design draft had not been shown to anyone? If she hadn't said that, they could have held on a little longer.
Fang Xu tried to comfort Guan Rujie for a while, and finally hung up the phone. He wondered if he really had to ask Luo Jingyu for money, would he agree to make things small
If Zhan Xi hadn't been there, Fang Xu felt he would have a better chance of success. After all, over the years, Luo Jingyu had always looked like she was at the mercy of him every time she faced him.
When did the change begin? It started with the pot of "Good Luck" and then the "Cherry Blossom Tree". The little deaf boy met the sharp-tongued girl and gradually became bolder.
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Two days after Xiyu published her long Weibo post, Zhanxi, Luo Jingyu, Pipixia and Luo Xinran sat together, staring at the two curled hairpins on the table.
A rose hairpin and a wild goose-red hairpin, both are Hanfu Festival flower patterns designed by Luo Jingyu for Fang Xu.
"How does it feel? Does it look good?" Zhan Xi asked Luo Xinran and Pipixia while drinking water.
Pipixia sneered disdainfully: "Are you kidding? That's it? I can become a master of male embossing after a few more days of study!"
Zhan Xi laughed so hard that he almost spit out water.
Luo Xinran also shook his head: "It's rough, not delicate at all. Before I brought it over, I showed it to some friends who didn't know about hot stamping and asked them to guess how much it cost. None of them guessed over 100 yuan."
Zhan Xi picked up the rose hairpin and looked at it over and over again: "She sells it for three or four hundred. You say she can't do it, but that's not true. At least she makes it better than me. But if you say she can do it, it's too perfunctory to make it like this, what do you think, Xiaoyu?"
Luo Jingyu sat very straight, looking at the two hairpins, feeling mixed emotions.
He has no feelings for Fang Xu, but he does have feelings for "Xiao Yu Yu Handmade Embossing". After all, that was the studio he founded. Now that he has left, he feels very bad that "Xiao Yu Yu" actually produced something of such quality, and it was designed by him. He even feels sorry for "Xiao Yu Yu"'s old fans who have always supported him.
Luo Xinran asked Zhan Xi: "How did you talk to the lawyer later?"
"Cyberdefamation." Zhan Xi pointed at Luo Jingyu. "This crime is to ignore the prosecution. Xiaoyu needs to sue them in court. We have the evidence. When we did the preservation notarization, they had already forwarded 500 messages. The impact is quite large. Who let them circle so many people?"
Luo Xinran asked again: "Is Xiaoyu going to sue?"
Luo Jingyu looked at her, then at Zhan Xi, who replied, "Of course we have to sue! This matter will never be settled privately. We still have to communicate with the lawyer and inform Huan Shang as well."
Luo Xinran saw Luo Jingyu pursed her lips, her expression was not very natural, and asked puzzledly: "Xiaoyu, do you have any concerns?"
Zhan Xi glanced at Luo Jingyu, shook his hand, and said, "It's not that he's worried. He's very angry. It's just that he's never encountered such a thing before, and he has to go to court to sue. He's a little uneasy. After all, Fang Xu... has done him a favor."
"Please, I've already repaid you for your kindness. Why don't you sue them to death?" Pipi Shrimp said viciously, "I'm so angry! These two are not human beings at all. Suing them is the least of my worries. Why didn't Xiaoyu ask me to help him beat them up? If this continues, he won't be able to stop breaking several ribs!"
Luo Xinran kicked him, Luo Jingyu glanced at him and lowered her head.
He hadn't fought for many years and his skills were just so-so. It was a miracle that he was not knocked down by Fang Xu.
Zhan Xi said, "Xinran, can you believe this? In just the past two days, our store has received more than 300 orders, and the number is still increasing! I have set the inventory level, and Xiaoyu will only make it until the National Day holiday is over. If there are more orders, we will not accept them until they are sold out. In addition, Huanshang has signed an additional contract with us, and they want 50 sets of the 'Fish Playing in Lotus' model! Oh my God, I feel sorry for Xiaoyu, how long will it take to finish this!"
"It can be considered a blessing in disguise." Luo Xinran thought for a moment and asked, "By the way, if you go to sue, can you only sue that small account? Can you sue Fang Xu? He is the mastermind behind this."
Zhan Xi said: "If that small account is Guan Rujie, then Fang Xu can be dragged into this. It all depends on what that small account says. Fang Xu is a very sinister person, a master of PUA. I'm afraid that he will convince Guan Rujie and let Guan Rujie foolishly come forward alone."
"Is Guan Rujie so stupid as to get into a lawsuit?" Luo Xinran said, "But she must have evidence. Otherwise, what if Fang Xu refuses to admit it?"
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Fang Xu was indeed prepared to deny it to death, but he did not expect that Guan Rujie's ability to bear it would be so fragile. After asking him for money twice and he dragged his feet to pay, Guan Rujie exploded.
She posted several voice-changed phone recordings on Weibo using the account rrmft0429. The recordings were edited, and throughout, a male voice told a female voice what to do, asked her to explain where her design inspiration came from, told her where there was a lotus pond in Qiantang and asked her to go take pictures, told her how to frame a "deaf person", and said that her hairpins and hand flowers were too well made, not like a novice, and asked her to redo them...
She didn't say who the man was, but the female voice was obviously her own. She asked netizens, is this her fault alone? She was just being used as a gun. If Xiyu and Huanshang want to sue, they should find the culprit, not her! She is under great mental pressure now, she has depression, she suffers from insomnia every day, and tries to hurt herself. She didn't get any benefit from this incident, she was forced!
Netizens: “…”
The hammer came so fast, it couldn't have been hammered harder.
This development was so unexpected that even Zhan Xi was stunned.
Netizens quickly discovered a key point in the recording—the deaf person.
Who is deaf
Is this Mr. Luo
Is Mr. Luo deaf
No way!
From beginning to end, few netizens knew that Luo Jingyu was deaf. Most of them were people who had seen Luo Jingyu at the Creation Festival, and they all tacitly did not mention this matter.
The fans of "Xiao Yu Yu" definitely don't know that Fang Xu has "protected" Luo Jingyu very well for the past four years. The customers of "Xi Yu" don't know either, and even Su Su of Huan Chang doesn't know!
As soon as rrmft0429's recording was released, the matter evolved from an initial plagiarism storm into a legal case. Now it has become a public event because it involves insulting people with disabilities and is rapidly fermenting on the Internet.
Many disability rights protection organizations were outraged. Hearing the voice in the recording calling the other party "deaf", they suppressed their desire to curse and condemned the other party loudly, demanding an apology. They hoped that Xiyu would not settle the matter privately and that the mastermind behind the scenes must be brought to light and exposed to the public.
Luo Jingyu also saw the messages, but he couldn't hear the audio. He asked Zhan Xi what was said in the audio and why everyone was so angry
Zhan Xi hugged him and said, "Xiao Yu, believe me, you don't need to know."
After obtaining Luo Jingyu's consent, Zhan Xi also posted a Weibo.
Xiyu Flower Art: Yes, Mr. Luo is indeed a hearing-impaired person. He has lived in a silent world since he was a child and communicates with people using sign language. But he is an angel with the warmest smile and the purest heart. Our focus has never been on this. Mr. Luo's hearing impairment has not affected his professional skills. On the contrary, it allows him to calm down and endure loneliness in the noisy world, allowing him to make the purest and most beautiful flowers. Thank you for your concern. Mr. Luo will continue to work hard.
She attached a photo to this Weibo post. It was taken one day when Luo Jingyu was sitting on the balcony with the lush green flowers and plants he raised in the background. He was wearing a light grey sportswear and holding a small white cat in his arms. He lowered his head, with his slightly long and fluffy hair hanging down, blocking his eyebrows. Only the tip of his nose and the raised corners of his mouth could be seen, the arc of which was particularly beautiful.
He is a young, clean, beautiful boy with a warm smile.
No one would use the word "deaf" to attack him, how could that be
He is an angel. God played a joke on him. Because he was too perfect, he was given a few flaws.
But in Zhan Xi's eyes, this is not a flaw at all. Her little fish is perfect, her dexterous hands and a head full of wonderful ideas are perfect, her gentle and tolerant heart is perfect, her kindness to the world is perfect, her love and persistence for the embossing business is perfect, and even her tears and occasional sensitive emotions are perfect.
Under Xiyu’s Weibo, the comments are full of encouragement and support, and the messages have changed from being full of hostility to being particularly warm.
Luo Jingyu felt a little at a loss and asked Zhan Xi using sign language: Will they hate me if they know I’m deaf
Zhan Xi held his cheek and kissed his lips, smiling and said, "No, now I'm not the only one who likes you, more and more people like you, and they're all pretty girls. I'm jealous!"
Luo Jingyu looked at her with a blushing face, shook her head, and said in sign language: You are the only one in my heart.
Seeing his serious look, Zhan Xi couldn't stop laughing. After a while, he gradually stopped laughing and said seriously, "Xiao Yu, we must sue them. We can't be soft-hearted. You have already repaid the favor you owed Fang Xu. This matter is not only for you, but also for other original craftsmen, and other friends who work hard like you and have disabilities. You have to set an example for them and let those malicious people know that they have to think about the consequences of their bad deeds. Adults must be responsible for their own actions. We are not easy to bully."
Luo Jingyu only understood half of what she was saying by lip-reading, but he still nodded. He trusted Huanhuan, Huanhuan was so smart, she helped him turn the tables, Huanhuan's opinion must be more correct than his, he was willing to listen, and he really couldn't be so cowardly anymore.
On the fifth day after obtaining the hard evidence, the matter was still fermenting on Weibo. Accompanied by Zhan Xi and a lawyer, Luo Jingyu submitted an indictment to the court, formally suing Weibo user rrmft0429 for online defamation.
As for Fang Xu, the lawyer said that there is a joint crime determination, that is, "the perpetrator knows that others use information networks to commit crimes such as defamation and provoking disturbances, and provides others with funds, venues, technical support and other assistance, and completes related criminal activities with others, which meets the constituent elements of defamation, provoking disturbances and other crimes, and should bear the corresponding criminal responsibility."
In other words, as long as she could find out who rrmft0429 was, Fang Xu would not be able to escape with the recorded evidence in her hands.