Qiao Yitang was worried all the way. Seeing that Weibo was pushed to the popular Weibo, more and more people poured into the comment area, insulting Tao Xi indiscriminately, and even bringing Wenhua No. 1 Middle School and cac The organizers were scolded badly.
She glanced at Tao Xi next to her. This man actually closed his eyes and leaned on the back of the chair to rest his mind. He turned off his mobile phone in annoyance, thinking that this kid might really be possessed by Lin Qinhe. Can be light.
The taxi finally arrived at Qiao's house. Qiao Yitang and Tao Xi got out of the car. She dragged Tao Xi into the door, and hurriedly complained to her grandfather for a solution. As soon as Qiao Henian saw Tao Xi, he grabbed his ears. scold:
"You little bastard, how many times have I told you not to draw competition drafts where there are other people, and lock up the drawings and don't leave them casually, you're going to ignore it! It's good to be copied by others and be beaten down! "
The calmness on Tao Xi's face disappeared, and he hurriedly begged for mercy: "I was wrong, I was wrong grandpa."
Zhong Qiusheng, who was teasing parrots in the living room, came over and said calmly to Tao Xi: "I have already made an agreement with the chairman of this year's jury, you will have a video conference with them later, give them the evidence, and talk about you The creative ideas, they will understand at a glance.”
Qiao Henian let go of Tao Xi's ear, and slapped him on the back: "Hurry up and get the copyright certificate you did before!"
Tao Xi hurried upstairs.
Qiao Yitang, who was completely confused, looked at his grandfather, and then at Zhong Qiusheng, who appeared here for some reason, and asked in a daze: "What copyright certificate?"
It wasn't until Tao Xi came over with the certificate and went to the study with Zhong Qiusheng for a video conference with the jury of the cac organizer that Qiao Yitang understood from his grandfather what was going on.
Half a month ago, Tao Xi came to Qiao's house after painting the competition draft, and went to register the copyright of the painting together with Qiao Henian. It stands to reason that the copyright of the art work is automatically owned from the moment it is completed, but if it is not published publicly, it is difficult to Prove that the work is the author's originality and initiative, and there are countless examples of exploiting this loophole to steal other people's achievements.
If Tao Xi wants to participate in the competition, it is naturally impossible to publish his work in advance, but if he registers the copyright, it will be different. The completion date of the creation on the copyright certificate is much earlier than Feng Yadong's publication time in the Golden Color Cup, and Feng Yadong will never have published evidence earlier than him.
Not only that, but Tao Xi also visited Zhong Qiusheng with his sketches and Qiao Henian that day. This painting master has served as the chairman and consultant of the cac jury committee for many times. This time cac received a lot of reporting letters. To endorse Tao Xi's guarantee, it is very likely that under the pressure of public opinion, Tao Xi's drawings will be removed first.
The meeting lasted for half an hour. During the whole process, only Tao Xi spoke to the cac jury in front of the camera. Zhong Qiusheng just sat and watched from a distance.
Tan Shan, the chairman of this year's jury, said that he was still a student of Zhong Qiusheng, but he did not cover up Tao Xi according to his personal feelings. He asked many questions to Tao Xi with a serious face. During the whole process, Tao Xi looked calm and did not panic. He showed his creative ideas and details to the jury in a hurry, as well as many "evidences" that he proved his originality.
One of the pieces of evidence made the faces of the jury soothe their faces, and Tan Shan even made a joke to Tao Xi: "You are so young, you have prepared everything perfectly, and those who slander you have nothing to say. already."
After the meeting, Qiao Yitang walked into the study quickly and asked Tao Xi, "What did the jury say? Should I believe you?"
Tao Xi nodded and said calmly, "My works will continue to be preserved."
Qiao Yitang breathed a sigh of relief and almost jumped up with joy: "That's great! I can continue to participate in the rematch!"
Tao Xi respectfully thanked Zhong Qiusheng, this time thanks to Zhong Qiusheng's help, Zhong Qiusheng patted Tao Xi on the shoulder kindly and said with a smile, "I can't help you with those things on the Internet, I believe. You can handle it yourself, and I'll go play chess with your teacher."
Tao Xi sent Zhong Qiusheng to the living room downstairs, and then discussed with Qiao Yitang in the study how to send a Weibo counterattack.
"It should be enough to have this certificate. Feng Yadong will definitely not be able to provide evidence of earlier publication." Qiao Yitang sat in front of the computer and drafted a long Weibo post, putting the certificate photo in the first article.
"But he can continue to mess around, saying that he has neglected to leave no evidence of the initiative, and then slap it again." Tao Xi sat on the side with his chin propped, and calmly analyzed.
Qiao Yitang frowned and pondered for a while. Indeed, as Tao Xi said, although Tao Xi has absolute copyright from a legal point of view, he can directly sue the other party for infringement and defamation, but the other party obviously bought a lot of navy troops, who are in the position of a vulnerable group. With the muddy waters on the Internet, it is a deliberate and premeditated plan to slander Tao Xi's copyright registration, and it is not impossible, after all, this kind of thing has happened before.
She was thinking hard when she suddenly saw that Tao Xi took the mouse and opened the painting he created, and the details of the painting could be seen on the large computer screen.
"You look at this painting carefully, can you find anything?" Tao Xi looked at her, and smiled with a curved mouth.
Qiao Yitang stared blankly at the painting. It was an abstract oil painting called "Self". She had seen it many times. Geometric shapes, showing movement and collision in the clutter of the surface, express the exploration of the self and the universe in a limited concentration of colors.
She watched it intently for a while, and suddenly found that some lines in the lower right corner of the painting were different. This part accounted for a very small proportion and was integrated with the whole painting.
"This is?" Qiao Yitang pointed to the lower right corner of the painting.
Tao Xi leaned back on the back of the chair and said slowly, "This is my signature, in Morse code."
Qiao Yitang suddenly realized that she could understand Morse code. In the lower right corner, the thickness and length of each line were not random, but formed the five English letters corresponding to Morse code—taoxi.
There are many forms of signatures of oil painters. Many painters will sign directly on the corners of the paintings, and many painters will incorporate their signatures into the props and patterns in the paintings. For example, in a sunflower oil painting by Van Gogh, the signature is in a ceramic vase. On the painting, Tao Xi did not sign the name directly, but incorporated the Morse code of the name into the painting.
Qiao Yitang hurriedly opened Feng Yadong's painting on the computer again. After zooming in on the lower right corner, he found that this person completely copied Tao Xi's painting, and even painted other people's signatures as well.
"This name is the main reason why the cac jury believes in me." Tao Xi looked at the signature of the "fake" and said with a bit of jest.
Paintings can be changed, and the time of publication can be unclear, but the creator's signature cannot reverse black and white, although ironically, the name did not originally belong to him.
Qiao Yitang couldn't help falling back on the chair, laughing loudly, and said, "It's fine for Feng Yadong to copy the painting, but he actually painted the gourd exactly the same way without changing it a bit."
Tao Xi took a sip of water and said affirmatively, "This painting should not have been painted by him. I can see it from his previous paintings."
As an art teacher once said, painting is like writing, and the same person's handwriting can be recognized no matter how disguised it is. Some characters can't be changed in this life after they are used to writing, and the same is true of painting.
"It's not him, who is that?"? Qiao Yitang was stunned for a while, then tilted her head and thought for a while, "But also, he is a college student and doesn't know you. Where did he get your paintings?"
Tao Xi clasped his hands on his chest and asked along the way, "Yes, where did you get it?"
Qiao Yitang turned her head sharply to look at Tao Xi, who was terribly calm from beginning to end. She squinted her eyes and asked, "Do you already know who's doing it?"
She even had an even more absurd idea. After drawing the competition draft, she immediately applied for copyright registration, and took the drawing to see Zhong Qiusheng, the chairman of the judges of cac in previous years. She even left the Morse code of her name in the drawing. No trace... Maybe it can be explained that this person is extremely cautious, but how could such a cautious person accidentally leak his paintings
Just like a prophet.
Tao Xi shook his head, looking innocent: "I don't know either."
Qiao Yitang was skeptical and only said, "I'll check later, let's slap this Feng Yadong in the face first."
The two began to write a long post on Weibo, Tao Xi wrote the clarification text himself, Qiao Yitang helped Tao Xi organize the timeline and evidence on the computer, in addition to the copyright certificate, there were also daily progress photos taken by Tao Xi from the first day of the first draft of the painting. , each is marked with a date, which can clearly show the complete creative process of the painting.
At 8 p.m., a newly registered Weibo account posted a long article with only seven words in the title: To the plagiarist Feng Yadong.
The long article clearly shows various evidences, copyright certificates, photos of the creation progress, hidden signatures of the paintings, creative inspiration and ideas... In addition, there are clarifications on Tao Xi's own family background, but Tao Xi did not accept Qiao Yitang's suggestion In the article, how poor my family is, just simply and objectively stated that I benefited from the remote live broadcast project to have the opportunity to study at Wenhua No. 1 Middle School.
The last sentence of the long article is: I will pursue legal responsibility against Feng Yadong and the defamers in accordance with the law.
Feng Yadong did not leave any room for appeasement.
The new Weibo has no attention at all. Fortunately, Su Yun helped them contact an online public relations company, and many influential bloggers in related fields reposted this Weibo, and also invited some online media to report on this. thing.
Under the large-scale online publicity, the number of retweets and comments on this Weibo surged, and it soon became a popular Weibo, which was much more popular than the defamatory Weibo.
The text of the entire Weibo article is rational and restrained, without the slightest emotional exaggeration or exaggeration. The evidence is clear and the matter is clear at a glance. The defamatory Weibo article has been completely overturned. The high school students who take shortcuts are the underprivileged children who rely on their own efforts to be excellent in both character and study.
The dramatic total reversal has always attracted the attention and discussion of netizens, especially the Morse code signature in the painting will defeat all slanders and doubts. After all, no one is stupid enough to sign someone else's name in his painting.
"I thought it was a stone hammer, but it turned out to be reversed? It's so completely reversed? I was a justice netizen helping Feng Yadong to report swearing people at noon. Now it's as disgusting as eating flies!"
"I apologize for the comment I made at noon. The evidence in this counter-attack article is more than that of the Weibo, especially the signature. Feng Yadong, an idiot who steals other people's paintings, even steals his name. His parents know that their son changed his name. Would you be angry if you changed your surname?"
"Feng Yadong is really the wicked person to sue first. He is a college student who has no ability to be original. He copied other people's high school students' paintings and splashed dirty water. How can there be such a villain!"
"This high school student is too smart. If he hadn't kept his hand, he would have been killed by Feng Yadong and the brain-dead netizens."
"I heard that this high school student has the opportunity to study at Wenhua No. 1 Middle School because he passed the exam in the poverty-stricken county. If Feng Yadong succeeds in this matter today, he will most likely be driven back and his life will be ruined. , I strongly support him to sue Feng Yadong, and sue him fiercely! This kind of rubbish is not worthy of continuing to waste national educational resources."
"I seriously suspect that Feng Yadong's previous award is also fake. Can anyone help to check it?"
"How could the Wenhua Academy of Fine Arts produce such scumbags as Feng Yadong? Wouldn't this be dismissed and kept to continue harming others?"
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The netizens who were fooled by the tricks were furious. The comment area for defaming Weibo was full of fierce condemnation and abuse. Feng Yadong's Weibo account was picked up and posted in the comment area. Every Weibo post was picked up by netizens and scolded. The latest one Selfie Weibo has been scolded particularly harshly.
The official WeChat account of the Wenhua Academy of Fine Arts was also affected by Chiyu, and the usual good night blog comments were full of spit. Many netizens demanded that the school punish or even expell Feng Yadong, which scared the school official WeChat operator to open a selection of comments overnight.
Soon the official Weibo of the cac competition issued an announcement, saying that it rejected the previous report and would continue to keep Tao Xi's entry. Award works.
However, just revoking obviously cannot calm the anger of netizens. Someone quickly found out that in the numerous competitions Feng Yadong has participated in in the past two years, there are actually several paintings copied from the works of domestic and foreign creators. It's all an illusion, and some people contacted these plagiarized creators, and one of them said that they wanted to sue Feng Yadong.
It was nearly nine o'clock after finishing everything. Qiao Yitang kept swiping two comments on Weibo, laughing from time to time. Tao Xi told Qiao Henian and Zhong Qiusheng about the online situation. The two old men finally felt relieved. Qiu Sheng got up and said goodbye.
Tao Xi sent Zhong Qiusheng to the entrance of the yard. After watching the old man leave in the car, he breathed a sigh of relief. The nerves that had been tense for most of the day were temporarily relaxed.
He stood quietly in the courtyard alone, stretched out, and raised his head to look at the night sky.
Just after a winter snowfall, the sky has not yet fully seen clear, the moon is half hidden in the slowly flowing thin clouds, soft and hazy.
He suddenly missed Lin Qinhe a little bit, and after a busy day today, he and Lin Qinhe only had time to communicate a little bit on WeChat.
The phone vibrated, Tao Xi quickly took out the phone and looked at it, as if he was in a good mood, it was Lin Qinhe's phone number.
"Let me tell you, I can solve it myself!" Tao Xi jumped onto the stone table and sat down, raised his chin slightly, and couldn't hide his pride in his voice.
Lin Qinhe's voice was deep, but still a little serious: "This matter has not been completely resolved. I have contacted a lawyer who will help you sue Feng Yadong, as well as those who anonymously contributed to defamation."
He paused, his voice deepened, "What do you want to do with the initiator behind?"
Tao Xi lowered his eyes and said in silence, "If I also want to be held accountable, will you feel embarrassed?"
He did not say who the initiator was, because it was tacit.
Feng Yadong was just a guise. Who stole his paintings, who copied them, and who hired Feng Yadong, he already knew all these questions.
Lin Qinhe said without hesitation: "I said, whatever you want to do, do it, don't worry about me being embarrassed."
Tao Xi remembered that Lin Qinhe also said that he would favor him unconditionally. He raised his head and looked at the furry moon in the sky, shook his legs, and laughed again:
"Okay, then you take part in the competition well, I'll wait for you to come back."
The two talked for a while, and Tao Xi seemed to have endless things to say. At the end of the conversation, when he was unable to speak, he simply stayed silent with Lin Qinhe and listened to each other's breathing.
Qiao Yitang saw a relieved and funny comment on Weibo, and was eager to share it with Tao Xi, but when she ran to the courtyard, she saw Tao Xi sitting on the stone table on the phone, with one hand on the table behind him, like a child She swayed her legs, with a calm and pure smile on her face, the kind of dependence that filled the corners of her eyes and brows was completely different from the calmness she saw today.
She was suddenly in a trance. She used to regard Tao Xi as a character who was funded and protected by Lin Qinhe. Even after the accident today, her first reaction was to protect him like Lin Qinhe, but now she suddenly realized , Tao Xi has never been a vulnerable, accustomed to relying on the protected person, he can come here because he is smart enough and brave enough.
After a night of fermentation, the truth has been settled. "The Wenhua Academy of Fine Arts" deleted the anonymously submitted Weibo in the middle of the night, and also issued a special announcement stating that the platform only accepts submissions, and the content of the submission does not represent The platform's point of view is obviously eager to clear responsibility.
Under the forwarding reports of many big V bloggers and online media, more and more netizens are paying attention to this matter. Many angry netizens flocked to the voting website of the cac contest, vying to give Tao Xi's No. 82 work. Voting, even the website server was overwhelmed and crashed for hours.
Tao Xi didn't know about this, and he didn't care. The next morning, he went back to school as usual like all the students. As soon as he entered the classroom, the classmates gathered around him and celebrated his "grievances." , that joy is much more enthusiastic than the parties involved.
"I just said that Brother Xi is definitely fine!" Bi Chengfei embraced Tao Xi's shoulders and shouted, "I was so fucking cool with that reversal last night, I even used my tuba to go there. I scolded that stupid Feng Yadong!"
Jin Jing also paid attention to this incident for one night, and stayed up for a while. At this moment, she smiled at Tao Xi with two dark circles under her eyes: "This thing about you is really too thrilling. I was so angry when I saw it at noon yesterday, I was worried about you. There's no way to clarify, but fortunately you were well prepared and slapped him in the face, but the villain didn't succeed!"
Li Xiaoyuan was the most thoughtful. In addition to the joy, he asked Tao Xi with concern: "I think their Weibo has been deleted, will they deny it later?"
Tao Xi said with a smile: "It's okay, the lawyer has already collected evidence, even deleting it is useless."
Everyone was relieved, and began to chatter about voting for Tao Xi.
The monitor Li Xiaoyuan has already called on the whole class to vote for Tao Xi in the class group. Bi Chengfei, who is well-connected, has set up a "cac voting group" to disseminate voting links among the students in the school. Huang Qing, who has always been taciturn, still has milk tea at home. A voting QR code is posted on the store's glass door.
Tao Xi knew that the vote had little impact, but he still expressed his sincere gratitude to the classmates in the class. He sent several big red envelopes in a row in the class group, all of which were lost for a second, and he ran out of money on WeChat after sending them.
In fact, since he was slandered for stealing the earphones, he has been wary of many people in the class. This time, the classmates in the class stood by his side from the beginning, which he didn't expect and moved him very much.
During the morning break, Zhou Qiang came to the classroom, found Tao Xi out, and found a quiet corner where no one was there to speak.
"Don't worry, the school attaches great importance to this matter. Principal Qiao also specifically said at the morning meeting that he will support you in defending your rights. If you need any help, just tell me, and I will report it to the school." Zhou Qiang said to Tao Xi.
Of course, Principal Qiao will take this matter seriously, except that Tao Xi is his father's student on a personal level, and this matter has too much influence and too much trouble. Huayi Middle School's reputation will be affected, and Tao Xi's identity is also implicated in the remote live broadcast project that the government has just approved. No one of the school leaders wants this project to be stained.
In addition, there are many doubts about this matter. How could the paintings of the students of Wenhua No. 1 Middle School be copied by students of an unrelated university in the Wenhua Academy of Fine Arts? Who stole Tao Xi's painting? If you think deeply about these questions, you will see that something is wrong.
"Tao Xi, look back carefully, who did you meet when you were painting? Have you ever painted outside the school?" Zhou Qiang asked the questions he and the school leaders had.
Tao Xi looked up at Zhou Qiang and said, "I have only painted in the bedroom, and the paintings have always been in the bedroom."
"Only in the bedroom?"
Zhou Qiang had a conjecture in his heart. He was the one who brought Tao Xi's dormitory to check in at the beginning. He was worried that Tao Xi would not fit in. He paid special attention to it. It may be more likely to be an art class student.
Seemingly seeing his suspicion, Tao Xi said to him, "It won't be Pan Yan. Although he also learns to paint, he has a good relationship with me."
Zhou Qiang immediately realized that Tao Xi already had a suspect when he came here. He nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, if it is true that a student from our school stole your painting in the dormitory, the school will never tolerate him. Go back and talk to the principal and start investigating this matter immediately."
Tao Xi thanked Zhou Qiang, and soon the class bell rang. He walked towards the classroom following the flow of people, and glanced at the door as he passed the second class classroom.
Xu Ziqi was sitting in the first row, and when he met his eyes, his face suddenly turned pale, and his eyes were even terrified.
Tao Xi raised the corner of his mouth, smiled at Xu Ziqi, then looked away and continued to walk towards the first classroom.
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