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"Dead?" Hua Chong looked at Liu Zhiqin, "What is the reason?"

"Cancer." Liu Zhiqin said, "To be precise, it's lung cancer."

Hua Chong raised his chin and frowned.

"E Zhihaolang made his debut seven years ago. Unlike most authors who became popular through novels, his initial success was based on his own face." The laptop in front of Liu Zhiqin was E Zhihaolang's Weibo homepage. "At the beginning of his creation, he often posted selfies on Weibo, communicated with fans, and then led fans attracted by his appearance to the website of serial novels. Because clicks and collections far exceed ordinary newcomers, his first The data of this novel "The Raiding Sea City" is good, but generally speaking, the evaluation is not high, so it is only popular in a small area."

Hua Chong asked: "Then when did he become popular on a large scale?"

"I was torn with Fengfei 78 because of plagiarism..." Liu Zhiqin paused. Soon, it was rumored that "The Return of the Dark Star" had sold the copyright and started to make a webcast. This is his first work that has been filmed."

"Fengfei 78 also passed away after this." Hua Chong's gaze deepened, "In the same event, two parties involved, one prospered, and the other came to an end."

"As far as I know, there are quite a few colleagues that E Zhihaolang has torn apart in the past few years. These people have a characteristic, that is, they are far less famous than him. Some of them stopped writing because of unbearable pressure, or changed their pen names and started all over again. On the contrary, he became popular overnight with the popularity of E Zhihaolang. Among these people, only Fengfei 78 passed away unfortunately."

Hua Chong adjusted his sitting posture and turned the laptop towards him, "Let me see what's going on."

"Okay, you watch while I talk."

Five years ago, Haolang of E was a contracted author of Yinhe Wenchuang. He was already well-known, but he was still far behind the so-called "great god" in the Internet literary circle.At that time, he had completed works such as "Surge in the Sea" and "Rebirth of the Deadly Man". The soft science fiction "Dark Star Return" that is being serialized has become a favorite of all his works because of its large layout, gorgeous text, and big brain hole. the highest one.Most of his fans are women, but there are also a few men.

When "The Return of the Dark Star" just ended, Haolang of E posted a series of photos on Weibo, and at the same time gave out lottery benefits.While fans retweeted, they continued to increase their stakes, and some wealthy fans spent money to buy zombies to retweet, and threw gifts at Yinhe Wenchuang, trying their best to push him while it was over.Not long after, keywords such as "The Return of the Dark Star" and E Zhihaolang became hot searches on Weibo, and on Galaxy Cultural Creation, "The Return of the Dark Star" also climbed to the popularity list for the first time.

Any novel, any movie, as long as there is popularity, it will inevitably attract a group of new readers and viewers, and "The Return of the Dark Star" is no exception.

Among these readers, some were attracted by the content of "The Return of the Dark Star" and became prospective fans of Haolang of E, while some cursed after reading a few chapters, thinking that the name was not worthy of the name.All of a sudden, a large number of posts complaining about E's Haolang's false propaganda appeared on "Beacon", the largest online text exchange forum in the country.Most of the posters are men, and the current saying is "straight male cancer". Scolding "The Return of the Dark Star" is written as shit, and the writing is rotten.

E Zhihaolang himself did not fight back, and continued to post selfies on Weibo and repost screenshots of rewards from wealthy readers.But the die-hard fans couldn't bear it anymore, and went to the "Beacon" one after another to discuss with the people of Haolang in Black E.

Fighting is like this, if only one side finds fault, then the dark days will naturally be calm, but as long as the other side joins, this "battle" cannot end easily.

The people on both sides were at odds with each other, and more and more fans and passers-by joined in. Haolang of E spoke out for the storm caused by "Dark Star Returns" for the first time, calling on fans to rationally view the criticism from the outside world, pay attention to the work, and don't waste time arguing with others.

This statement posted on Weibo was almost instantly screenshotted and posted on "Fengsui". People who didn't like him ridiculed him, calling him a male version of the Virgin Mary White Lotus, and only dared to point out the country on Weibo. , Pretend to be chic, and dare not come to "Beacon" to face reality.However, some sincere fans were tortured by this statement and cried bitterly, vowing to defend his reputation.

They did two things, one was to continue scolding "Heizi" on "Beacon", and the other was to give gifts to "Dark Star Returns" crazily.As a result, "The Return of the Dark Star", a mediocrely popular novel at the time of its serialization, leapt to the top three of Yinhe Wenchuang's popularity list, and the degree of discussion remained high. From a small fire to a big fire, the big fire attracted more readers , more readers bring more criticism.Many readers who came for the novel itself commented relatively fairly—it is indeed well written, but it is still a bit misleading. They came with high expectations and were rather disappointed.

If the fans of E Zhihaolang can accept this kind of evaluation at first, but after experiencing the unreasonable scolding of "Heizi", they can't see any bad words about "Dark Star Returns".They hit back in all the posts that didn't praise Haolang of E, triggering a bigger scolding war.

Soon, a sentence comparison chart for identifying plagiarism appeared in "Beacon", namely "Palette".The poster "Void Vastness" claimed that Haolang of E's "The Return of the Dark Star" plagiarized the work "The Shining Place of Eternal Night" by Feng Fei78, author of Fantasy Literature Network.

One post caused a lot of waves. A large number of excellent online novels were plagiarized and adapted back then. There were almost no successful rights defenders. Most of the plagiarized authors could only smash their teeth and swallow their blood, watching the plagiarists make a lot of money .There is no doubt that plagiarism has become an evil deed that everyone shouts and beats in the Internet circle.Once an author is found to have plagiarized, he will be nailed to the pillar of shame forever.

The collective climax of the party of Black E Zhihaolang does not look at the content of the "color palette", nor does it care what is written in "The Shining Place of Eternal Night".The vast majority of people didn't even bother to take a look at it, so they copied the "color palette" that could be found to be full of loopholes just by careful analysis, and posted it on Weibo, reposting it while greeting E Zhihaolang's female relatives.

Fans didn't believe E Zhihaolang's plagiarism at all, and quickly made a logical and clear counter-comparison, that is, "anti-disc".That night, some fans pointed out that "The Void" was one of the first "straight male cancers" who insulted E's Hao Lang.

Afterwards, some fans listed the creation timeline of "The Place where the Eternal Night Shines", proving that the most recent parts of "The Return of the Dark Star" were written before "The Place where the Eternal Night Shines".It's not that Haolang of E copied Fengfei 78 at all, but that Haolang of E copied Fengfei 78!

The tables turned suddenly.

Haolang of E made an urgent statement, complaining that he was slandered and consumed maliciously, and said that he would use legal means to protect the reputation of himself and his works.

This microblog was reposted by several "masters" in the Internet literary world. Without exception, they all said that they were often slandered and touched, and hoped that readers would be more peaceful.Afterwards, a large number of marketing accounts followed up, and E Zhihaolang's fans increased significantly after being cleared of plagiarism charges.

Almost at the same time, Fengfei 78 was pulled out, and the melon-eating crowd was in an uproar.

It turns out that Fengfei 78 is an old author who has been in the web literature circle for more than ten years. He probably started writing when the web literature was just emerging.Some of his contemporaries have become well-known "great gods" whose copyrights can be sold for tens of millions, and some have returned to ordinary life and never touch writing again.But he is a "heterogeneous", in the words of E Zhihaolang's fans, "heterogeneous" is not accurate, but "scum" is right.

"Bao" is the "lose" of failure, a loser.

He has been writing for many years without any progress. The story is old-fashioned, the writing is greasy, the plot is procrastinated, and the readers are two or three.

Someone posted a video of him selling his own book at a subway station—unshaven, with glasses thicker than the bottom of a bottle, carrying a canvas bag, holding a self-printed book to his chest, and saying, "Buy a copy, it's very easy." good-looking."

Someone picked up the literary reviews he wrote in "Fengsui" with a trumpet, and the whole article was sour, criticizing more than a dozen masterpieces of "great masters" as worthless.At the end of each review, he posted the serial address of his own article, pretending to be a fan and touting: "Go and read this article, it is so much better."

The melon-eating crowd seemed to have found great joy, mocking him for being pitiful, laughing at him for being stupid, and persuading him not to be a writer if he is not talented.

Fengfei 78 has not stepped forward to respond, and the serialization of "The Shining Place of Eternal Night" has also stopped for more days. E Zhihaolang's fans were furious and wanted him to give an explanation.

At this time, the second "color palette" came out, pointing directly at Fengfei 78 copying E's Haolang.

Hao Lang of E reposted that he would take legal channels.

For well-known reasons, plagiarism lawsuits are rarely won, and many authors have difficulty defending their rights even if they know their novels have been plagiarized. E Zhihaolang's move undoubtedly gave them a bad breath, and even set off a solidarity campaign for "defending originality" on the Internet.

On the other hand, netizens continued to pick up the wind and fly 78, digging out the old story of him pretending to be a woman to write articles on the male channel many years ago, acting cute and begging for rewards.

When I think of the "cute girl" who sends out "hug" and "kiss" expressions on the Internet, she is actually a middle-aged greasy man. People can't take it anymore.

Fans of E Zhihao sent out a series of microblogs, pointing out several crimes of Fengfei 78, and demanding that Fantasia Literature Network severely punish this inferior author who cheated on others without being famous.

During the indiscriminate bombardment, Fengfei 78 finally appeared.He insisted that he did not plagiarize, and also published a large number of manuscripts of characters and plots.However, the public opinion was one-sided, and fans of E Zhihao Lang asked, "Did you rush out these manuscripts in the past few days" and received thousands of likes.

Fengfei78 explained: "No, I wrote it before I started the serialization."

If no one can prove this, no one will believe it. Someone scolded: "Fart! If you didn't drive these out temporarily, why did it take you so long to show up?"

"I'm sick," he said.

The abuse was even more turbulent, and his last explanation was: "I really didn't plagiarize. "The Shining Place of Eternal Night" was written by me from beginning to end. I don't know Haolang of E, nor have I watched "Dark Star Returns" "."

"Don't know Haolang of E?" Hua Chong sighed, "Fengfei 78 will definitely be scolded even more after saying that."

"Yes. Although the Internet literature circle is large and covers all kinds of themes, it is actually a small circle within itself. There are not many people who write soft science fiction. Even if it is not for plagiarizing other people's works, the author and the author have a good relationship. I will watch the works of other authors, especially the works that are popular." Liu Zhiqin said: "This is the view that most of us have. He was later picked out to 'decompose' the works of other authors, and the crime of plagiarism is confirmed."

"Decompose the work?" Hua Chong asked, "What do you mean?"

"After reading a novel, deconstruct it, find out the main line, branch line, bright line, hidden line, and then analyze the characters one by one."

"Why did he do this?"

"I learned about this in detail during the investigation. Some people are here to learn how others deal with the conflicts between characters and plots, how to build skeletons, and some people are just to copy the framework and settings."

"That Fengfei 78..."

"I personally think that he didn't copy the framework and settings." Liu Zhiqin said: "Because he posted the decomposition results on his blog, and he dissected more than one article. You can see between the lines that he is very careful. Maybe he learned a lot in the process of decomposing it. I think he sent it out for discussion with others. If he just wanted to copy the framework, why did he send it out? Isn’t this intentional to be a target for people?”

"This has indeed become a target." Hua Chong said: "Didn't there be a study on social networks that said that every word a person leaves on the Internet may be misinterpreted, because the vast majority of viewers don't want to know what's in your heart. True thoughts, they don’t care about the facts, they only believe what they want to believe. From the perspective of E Zhihaolang fans, Fengfei 78’s actions are definitely preparing for plagiarism.”

"Yes, after those blog posts were picked up, Fengfei 78 became a 'repeat plagiarist'."

Hua Chong was silent for a while, "What happened next? Did Haolang of E win the lawsuit?"

"A case of plagiarism? Let it go."

"Isn't he going to sue?"

"He just said on Weibo that he would sue, and the court will not accept his case just because he said he would sue."

"This is strange." Hua Chong was puzzled: "In the online literature circle, he is considered a celebrity. Am I right?"

Liu Zhiqin nodded, "Yes."

"Then since he said he would sue, and then he didn't make any move, isn't this an excuse for people to talk about?" Hua Chong said, "What do the readers and writers who supported him think?"

"Things that are hyped up on the Internet will be gradually forgotten as soon as the heat passes. E Zhihaolang has become popular. He has changed from an 'Internet celebrity' author to a 'Great God' author. He has enough fans and a big enough reputation. All non-fatal talk is no longer talk." Liu Zhiqin said, "Remember what we heard in Wanqiao? There was a fan of Haolang of E who praised Haolang of E from beginning to end, The black dots have become cute dots."

Hua Chong leaned back in his chair, "I'm getting older, so I don't really understand what these kids think."

Liu Zhiqin propped his cheeks, "You don't need to understand. After that, Fengfei 78 never appeared again. No matter how E Zhihaolang's fans attacked him, he didn't respond. This matter gradually faded away. Until now, Not to mention passers-by, even E Zhihaolang’s fans can’t remember clearly. You can see Zhang Mao as an example. After all, E Zhihaolang released more works later, causing even bigger waves, and the topic was high No, who has nothing to worry about and ran to 'fry cold rice'?"

"That's right." Hua Chong thumped his shoulder, "But Fengfei 78 insisted that he didn't plagiarize. I don't think this is normal. Think about it, since he thinks he didn't plagiarize, why doesn't he ask for an explanation for himself?"

Liu Zhiqin said: "Maybe it's because of illness? But although he no longer speaks out, "The Shining Place of Eternal Night" has been updated for a while. The comment area is full of insults. After about a month, this novel stopped updating." .In the beginning, it was said that Fengfei 78 was terminally ill. Many fans of E Zhihaolang said that he was just selling miserably. What’s more, they said that he was pretending to be dead to avoid legal punishment. When the popularity faded, just The news of "The Return of the Dark Star" came out, E Zhihaolang became more and more popular, new works began to be serialized, and gradually no one mentioned Fengfei 78."

Hua Chong shook his head, "In other words, this turmoil is a good thing for Haolang of E. He is completely popular."

"I think so too." Liu Zhiqin pulled out a helpless smile, "The Internet fan economy era is like this. First of all, you have to have traffic. Only after you have traffic can you have the right to speak. This is true for celebrities and Internet writers. "

"By the way, since it's 'Internet rumor' Fengfei 78 is terminally ill, where did you get the real news?" Hua Chong asked, "Did he really pass away, or is it just like E Zhihaolang's fans said..."

"He really passed away." Liu Zhiqin lowered his eyes, "His real name was Lin Xiaofei, from Zecheng, Zongsheng. He was suffering from lung cancer and was 37 years old when he died. At that time, netizens asked him why it took him several days to speak up, and he said he was sick. I checked According to part of the treatment file, he should have been undergoing chemotherapy during that time."

Hua Chong stood up and took a few steps, "Let's make a hypothesis."

"Ah."

"Whether Fengfei 78 was wronged or not, this incident has had a very serious impact on his life." Hua Chong put his hands on the back of the chair, "A cancer patient was killed by thousands of people during chemotherapy." Netizens criticized him verbally and in writing, and the mental pressure must have been enormous, which may have accelerated the deterioration of his condition."

"That's right." Liu Zhiqin said: "At that time, "The Shining Place of Eternal Night" didn't stop updating immediately, and a large number of netizens posted in the comment area 'if you get sick or die, it's just plagiarized garbage'. Maybe he stopped updating because of the influence No such remarks."

"So in the eyes of his close relatives, it doesn't matter whether he plagiarized or not, and those netizens who insulted him are the executioners who hastened his death. After his death, one of his close relatives began to take revenge?" Hua Chong patted the back of his chair, "There are two lines here that we must investigate. First, his relatives and friends. Second, the person who scolded him the most. 'Wang Chuang' has disappeared. If our hypothesis is true, someone will be killed. His next target will either be someone who has participated in the 'human flesh' Lin Xiaofei, or E's Haolang himself."

"I've already started to investigate the latter." Liu Zhiqin also stood up, "But it will take time to investigate this. Don't worry, Team Hua. If Zheng Qi and He Yitao are among these people, I will definitely find them out and prepare a plan as soon as possible." Make a list. As for Haolang of E, the possibility of the murderer attacking him is relatively low, he currently lives abroad and has professional bodyguards by his side."

Hua Chong let out a sigh of relief, "I will investigate Lin Xiaofei's relatives and friends."

It was already very late, and the two walked to the serious crime team office together.

Suddenly, Hua Chong stopped.

Liu Zhiqin turned around: "What's wrong?"

Hua Chong said: "Lin Xiaofei's financial situation is terrible, and the cost of cancer treatment is astronomical. If the murderer is his close relative, how can he get so much money to investigate the person who 'humanized' him back then? 、Why does He Yitao hate to the point of digging out his heart, or even dismembering his body? Earlier you said that the murderer hired a top hacker. I can’t guess the exact fee, but it must be very high. Since he can even hire a top hacker, then even if Haolang of E is abroad, and the security around him is tight, so he should have a way to kill Haolang of E."

Liu Zhiqin frowned, unable to answer for a while.

"No." Hua Chong shook his head, "The more I think about it, the more complicated this case is, and there are too many conflicting logics."