After offending capital, my songs became more and more popular.

Chapter 28 How can the affairs of cultured people be called plagiarism?

[Holy crap, Mr. Liang's "Ode to Young China" can be turned into a song?!]

I've learned something new! I've really learned something new!

[Broaden your horizons!]

But wouldn't this easily attract negative attention?

【Sparrow food, although it doesn't sound out of place, is after all a famous essay by a senior writer, and if not handled properly, it could easily be accused of cheating by the production team...】

While Shen Mingen's performance may have been impressive live, many viewers online still held a skeptical attitude.

That's how keyboard warriors are these days. They pick on you not because you actually have a problem, but because it makes them seem knowledgeable. To put it bluntly, they're just showing off. Who doesn't like to show off?

But while what they said doesn't make sense, it's not entirely unreasonable either...

The essay "Ode to Young China" is so famous in my country that almost everyone who has gone through nine years of compulsory education knows it. Even if you can't remember all 13 paragraphs and more than 3700 words, you can still recite the lines "When the youth are strong, the nation is strong..."

Shen Mingen's cleverness lies in the fact that he used a few very memorable lines right from the start of his song to firmly grab everyone's attention...

However, the critics who pointed out his flaws believed that he had outsmarted himself.

Let everyone know that this is from "A Young China's Manifesto," let everyone know that he copied someone else's words. If this is not handled properly, it can easily be accused of "cheating."

This is, after all, a program that emphasizes "originality." Unless his composition and arrangement are good enough to overshadow the "copying lyrics" issue, there will definitely be people who will criticize him.

The audience had thought of this, and so had the production team; soon someone spoke to director Niu Zhi about it…

“Let’s look at the chorus.” Director Niu frowned and said bluntly, “If the entire song is at his current level of arrangement, then we’ll eliminate him for cheating.”

Wei Zihan, standing not far away, was about to scoff: "What kind of arrangement skills could he possibly have? This..."

Before he could finish speaking...

Suddenly, a rousing and uplifting song entered my ears, touching my very soul!
Shen Ming'en sang:

……

"Youth is free, youth is wild!"

"His body stands tall and unyielding like mountains and rivers!"

"We dare to measure the sun and moon!"

"Today, I am the only young man!"

"Just now, I'm testing my mettle against the heavens and earth!"

"Who can stop us from forging our own path through thorns and brambles!"

"The world laughs at me, but I will strive to be stronger..."

"Live up to your youth!"

……

Just a few lines of the chorus come out!

"Fuck..."

Everyone!

Whether it was the audience online or offline, the directors in the control room, or the singers backstage, everyone involuntarily got goosebumps. The first time I heard "Ode to Young China," it was truly shocking. My entire being was stirred by the song; it was like a sharp sword, piercing straight into my heart with maximum penetrating power!
Shen Mingen's voice is high-pitched, powerful, and energetic, giving people a very aggressive feeling. At that moment, he was just like the character in the song "Ode to Young China," full of vigor and the spirit of "daring to test the edge of heaven and earth, who can stop me from cutting through thorns and brambles!"

that moment!
The online trolls should shut up!

Do you know what everyone in the live chat is saying?

The screen is filled with keywords like "Emperor Ming'en" and "Unrivaled Through the Ages"!
The phrase "Emperor Ming'en's absolute rule throughout the ages" is a popular meme about Shen Ming'en recently. Now, this song "Ode to Young China" seems to have created a wonderful chemical reaction with it, and everyone feels that it is very appropriate and fitting here.

He gives off the feeling that if anyone dares to eliminate him, he can wipe them out!

This song is just that domineering!
Of course, this is not the only thing that is being shown...

More than anything, it is the spirited youth of China!
……

"..."

In the control room, everyone on the directing team fell silent.

Everyone stared in disbelief at the audience, just like when Shen Ming'en sang "China in the Lights" last time.

Wei Zihan couldn't finish his sentence no matter what he said...

Just now, everyone, including Director Niu, was thinking that if his song hadn't been so dramatic and unique, they could have eliminated Shen Ming'en on the grounds of "cheating".

But now...

After listening to the chorus of Shen Ming'en's "Ode to Young China"...

The word "elimination" will never appear in their minds again.

There's no other reason than that the composition and arrangement of this song are simply too damn amazing...

Yes, he plagiarized a famous essay by a senior writer as lyrics, without even changing a single word. But I wonder if these people have ever heard the famous saying: "Can a scholar's actions be considered stealing?"

How can the work of cultured people be called plagiarism?

Before this, "Ode to Young China" was generally found in compulsory education textbooks. As for the things in textbooks, those who know them already know them. Nowadays, young people are generally not interested in these things, or even annoyed by them, let alone any educational significance.

Shen Ming'en adapted the lyrics of this essay into a song, which is more acceptable to young people and can also bring out the "educational significance" of the original essay. Its significance is far beyond that of ordinary red songs praising the motherland.

You're saying that someone copied an older writer's essay?
They even said that they were just trying to promote the educational significance of their predecessors' essays!

What can you say about that?
What is the most troublesome thing about Shen Mingen for the production team?
It's not about whether he plagiarized songs or not, it's that he wrote a damn patriotic song!

It is a sincere and heartfelt expression of love for the motherland, and that is the "educational significance" that the song can serve!
His song "Ode to Young China" actually contains many elements of popular songs, and if nothing unexpected happens, it should be sung more widely than those previous patriotic songs...

It might even be adopted as a "school song" by the vast majority of primary and secondary schools across the country, and as a "propaganda song" by children's palaces in various places!
The principals and leaders of those compulsory education schools love this kind of song so much that it can be liked and accepted by students, and can also arouse their national pride, self-esteem and self-confidence!

If they eliminate Shen Ming'en because of this song, and then his song becomes the "school song" in compulsory education schools across the country, with such a huge impact, do you think the government will take action against them?

Even if we don't act now, when the children who listened to his song "Ode to Young China" grow up and learn about the "history" of the song, they might target them!
That's absolutely disgusting!

all in all!

just now!

Even if Shen Ming'en plagiarized the words from a senior's essay, the production team would not dare to eliminate him no matter what!

They had no choice but to let this living father pass the test again!
……

(End of this chapter)