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Chapter 199: Second Place in the Imitation Competition for Yu Wei

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Looking at the newly released exchange data for "Rain Butterfly," Yu Wei couldn't help but reminisce about the early days of the book's release.

These days, data often comes in six digits. Suddenly seeing a four-digit number feels like being reborn and encountering your ideal love again.

Even though my "white moonlight" (ideal love) has grown up, she still costs six figures...

He didn't expect Qi Luoan to act so quickly, writing out the corresponding plot on the same day he provided the materials, demonstrating maximum efficiency.

Yu Wei was quite curious about how she handled it. A song suddenly appeared during the book-copying scene, which seemed very strange.

Qi Luoan's book has a slow pace. The plot of "Malice" has more than forty chapters, but it has a lot of details, which is much better than Yu Wei's messy writing.

In her storyline, "Malice" garnered over 20 favorites upon its completion, and Wei Yu received a "Dark Horse of the Year" recommendation from the website, with media reviews praising it for "redefining the depth of mystery novels."

After entering the second chapter, the protagonist signs with a top-tier editing team, and during the pre-release promotion of the new book, the tagline "Perfect dedication, the most desperate love" is released, directly targeting the previous work, which has received a very high response.

Although it's a plagiarism-driven novel, its logic is consistent and the plot flows smoothly, attracting quite a few readers who are simply following the story rather than just going for the gossip.

Even many who found the original text dry read her version of "Malice"...

According to the novel's plot, the protagonist Wei Yu is currently being questioned because the opening of "The Devotion of Suspect X" is too bland, and people suspect that he has run out of creative ideas.

The classic status of the protagonist in the entertainment industry is being questioned.

It's one thing for netizens to raise questions, but it's really outrageous for some unknown nobody to suddenly jump out and question things. Dude, who are you?

Qi Luoan didn't write it that way. Instead, she changed tactics and started writing filler content. You can't really blame her for that. After all, Yu Wei's novel hadn't been updated yet, and writing about the main plot would spoil it. She could only keep deepening the story.

The worst thing you can do in a suspense novel is to spoil the plot. She wasn't just being passive; she was just buying time for Yu Wei…

"Let me see how water is being used!"

After redeeming the new song, Yu Wei opened the latest chapter of Qi Luoan's novel, Chapter Ninety-Eight, "Give Me a Song's Time".

Yu Wei was stunned after just a couple of glances at the new chapter; the protagonist was meeting a female reader named Sakura.

Wei Yu encounters Rio Matsuyama, a Waseda University literature student fluent in Chinese, who provides a localized interpretation of "Malice" and "The Devotion of Suspect X".

"My art comes from reality."

She's really figured out how to handle field research; she can even perfectly replicate this kind of scenario...

The relevant paragraph also includes a photo posted by a reader of Yu Wei and Sakura Rio recording a program at a bookstore. Is this the one you're referring to?

Readers exclaimed that it was outrageous, saying that this person not only copied book reviews, but also photos.
"How come there are actually pictures?"

"Based on a true story."

"You even wrote it into the novel, and you still can't forget the female reader with cherry blossoms? Yu Wei, you bastard."

Many readers still believe that this book was written by Yu Wei, so this chapter's plot is intriguing to them.

"It's so bad it's oozing pus."

Yu Weizhen never expected Qi Luoan to write it this way. Putting reality aside, the plot of this chapter is actually quite interesting.

It's not that he's dwelling on it; it's clearly that Qi Luo'an is. The fact that he's kept this in mind until now shows how much he cares...

Qi Luoan didn't mean it; it's just that the itch hadn't dissipated, so he decided to use it as material for his novel.

"What did Sakuragaya Rio do to you?"

Yu Wei patiently continued reading. The protagonist and Matsuyama Rio discussed social issues related to cherry blossoms through "Malice," and their comments were quite interesting.

Then came the "Rain Butterfly" segment that he was most looking forward to. Qi Luoan had obviously taken Yu Wei's words to heart. This song was not related to the protagonist, but was heard from the protagonist's perspective.

The plot remains intact without disrupting the novel's established setting, which is a good approach.

A tender melody suddenly began to play, and Wei Yu and Matsuyama Rio, who were chatting, stopped at the same time and looked up at the source of the sound.

The piano prelude playing from the bookstore's speakers successfully diverted their attention, and the cross-cultural exchange came to a halt.

Their eyes met briefly in the air, and almost instantly they reached a tacit understanding: listen first, then continue the discussion.

This song is quite nice.

The female singer's voice was like a gentle rain soaking into the silence. Matsuyama Rio stared blankly for a while, her gaze drifting to the darkening clouds outside the window.

The second verse was suddenly sung by another female singer, whose voice was more textured and clear, as powerful as a butterfly emerging from its cocoon.

Her singing voice is highly distinctive, like a bluebird soaring high in the sky.

"Still bragging, huh?"

Yu Wei couldn't help but laugh when she saw this. She glossed over Shen Yutong's segment, but when it came to praising her own, Qi Luo'an was completely immersed in art and couldn't pull himself away...

The key is that not many people know that she wrote the book, so she can boast without revealing her identity. She really enjoyed writing it.

Yu Wei continued reading and finally understood why Qi Luoan's chapter was titled "Give Me a Song's Time"—she truly dedicated an entire chapter to listening to music.

It's fine to write a novel by copying songs, as the feedback from the songs is precisely where the exciting part of the plot lies. But to write a novel by copying books in this way is just utterly ridiculous.

Qi Luoan's readers were also dumbfounded. They had seen plenty of bad writing, but never anything this bad. Usually, no one would complain about his slow-paced plot, but what was the point of writing a song out of nowhere this time?
A chapter filled with music-related scenes completely unrelated to the main plot was wasted. I've seen filler chapters, but I've never seen one this filler. Is this even human?!

"The flood is terrible! Yu the Great, come quickly and control it!"

"Now I really have to doubt that you're Yu Wei. Yu Wei isn't this incompetent."

"The sudden appearance of a new song should further prove that this is Yu Wei, right? It's normal for Yu Wei to write songs, it's not just filler." "Rain Butterfly is not a new song, it's quite a classic. Taking an old song and writing a chapter about it is just filler."

This is where the disagreement arises. Those who believe the author is Yu Wei think this is normal practice, since Yu Wei is a singer.

But in the eyes of those who don't think "Twin Sunflowers" is Yu Wei, this is just padding the word count and has no other purpose.

Yu Wei's focus was elsewhere: what makes this song a classic?

He only discovered it by doing a quick search that "Rain Butterfly" actually has a song with the same name, an old song from the last century.

The two songs have no similarities in content, except that they both use the image of rain and butterflies.

The old songs were very charming, and the singer's voice was melodious, gentle, pure, and ethereal. Yu Wei couldn't help but listen to them several more times.

Indeed, no matter where you are, older works always have more flaws. It's not that people favor the past over the present; it's just the answer given by time.

Yu Wei wanted to see which singer was so amazing, but when she found out it was Grandma Qi Luoan, she wasn't surprised at all...

He had heard of this person and talked about her, but never met her. She was said to be a kind and intelligent person, not only with superb skills but also with an excellent character.

Qi Yuan had also specifically told him that his grandmother had no complaints after hearing that his grandfather had lost the song; on the contrary, she said three times that it was good.

"That's quite a coincidence."

Although they only share the same name, this kinship gives the two songs a strange sense of inheritance.

Yu Wei didn't think his version of "Rain Butterfly" was better than the classics. Whether he could handle it or not depended on how Qi Luo'an and the others performed.

He glanced back at the novel's comment section and found that readers were mostly talking about Qi Luoan Shui, but very few were discussing the song.

Clearly, readers consider "Rain Butterfly" a classic, and those who didn't know it were introduced to it by the comments section, so no one felt that the author was composing a song.

This surprised Yu Wei. Wasn't she planning to imitate herself, make readers think she was composing a song, and then prove them wrong when the song came out? How did it turn out like this?

Actually, it's not difficult to do. Just add the two lines of lyrics you sang on the phone, and readers will be able to tell the difference at a glance.

However, Qi Luoan did not include the lyrics in the main text, which led readers to assume that it was an old song.

At least songwriting is a job, but writing old songs is just water.
"Aren't you going to imitate me? Why don't you write lyrics?"

Yu Wei couldn't help but ask one more question: "If you don't write lyrics, how will people know it's a song you've written? It doesn't sound like a proper imitation."

"Of course it was intentional."

Qi Luoan wasn't failing in her imitation; on the contrary, she was truly learning from Yu Wei.

Singing songs written in novels is just the form of Yu Wei; the true essence of Yu Wei lies in the anti-logic between novels and reality.

If she writes lyrics, readers will immediately conclude that this is Yu Wei's new song as soon as they see that they have never seen this song before.

The readers already thought she was Yu Wei, so why would she try to imitate Yu Wei's style? Wouldn't that just be walking into a trap? In the end, not only would the song lose its novelty, but she wouldn't have been able to fake it either.

Applying formulas is a minor approach; learning Shen Yun is the true path.

Yu Weizhen's true charm lies in deceiving readers and then slapping them in the face; it's not simply about writing and singing songs.

She deliberately didn't write lyrics, and everyone thought she was just padding the word count with old songs. But when the song was finally released, readers realized it was a new song and belatedly forgave her. That's the essence of Yu Wei.

Yu Wei felt that Qi Luoan was already a master, even better at deceiving readers than him. He had acted unintentionally, but this guy was truly wicked.

Yu Wei won second place in the imitation competition.

Thinking about it carefully, if the lyrics were written directly and it was discovered that it was a new song, then it would indeed be meaningless.

"The rest of the world together possess ten pecks, I alone possess twelve pecks, and the rest of the people are in debt for two pecks."

Qi Luoan understands Yu Wei too well. He wrote the song for himself because he wanted to surprise him. If he revealed the new song, wouldn't that be a waste of time?

This coincided with her thoughts; if you're going to pretend, you have to pretend big...

"By the way, could you help me get a few tickets from the production team?"

This time, Qi Luoan didn't get a chance to ask for tickets, so she simply asked Yu Wei to do it for her; she wanted to buy a house in the audience seats.

"Several of them, so you're not the only one."

Yu Wei keenly grasped the key words, so Shen Yutong will also be here this time.
"Three."

"Seize the young master?"

They're treating the show's production team like ticket scalpers. They can be polite with one or two tickets, but asking for three is really audacious.

Qi Luoan was also a little embarrassed. In addition to Shen Yutong, Sakura Tani Rio also wanted to come, so they all came together.

Actually, she chatted with Rio Sakuragani a few times after dinner that day, and now they have a pretty good relationship and are considered friends who can talk to each other.

The social phenomena in Sakura's hometown that she described in her new chapter were all her own words, not just random thoughts or assumptions.

"No wonder you wrote about other people's minor roles, it turns out you got permission."

Yu Wei can't guarantee that she can get it, but she can help ask around.

It seems everyone wants to listen to the music, little do they know what awaits them...

The performance is scheduled to start recording tomorrow, but Tian Ke still can't sing it properly; it's just awful.

Give them a little bit of shock through their howling and screaming.

(End of this chapter)