Chapter 258: Chapter 258
Although the punishment for plagiarism is severe, there will always be people who think they can get away with it.
After all, people always have a fluke mentality.
But in today’s environment, plagiarism is becoming more sophisticated, ranging from translating from Chinese to Chinese to blending plots, with a variety of tricks.
Of course, there are also those who go overboard or fish in troubled waters, daring to make baseless accusations with a fake color palette...
For the editorial department, there are fixed ways to deal with the former, and legal counsel waiting for the latter. In any case, they only need to treat it fairly.
The only downside is—
The editor-in-chief looked at Hu Zai’s unpleasant expression, half amused and half heartbroken, and sighed deeply:
"Workers, the soul of workers, it seems our group is doomed to have no vacation!"
The most fatal thing is that this kind of review overtime work has no overtime pay.
He lowered his head to write in the document: "You go make a basic color palette first, we will perform an online comparison here."
"No need to make a color palette."
Hu Zai’s face looked even worse—
"The whole text, except for the character names and romance, everything else is exactly the same."
Who the hell is the idiot?
The editor-in-chief couldn’t help but curse: "Which book was copied?"
Hu Zai was already on the verge of collapse.
"Bai Lu’s ’Lingxiao’?"
Hu Zai nodded with tears.
It is evident that stockpiling text is a bad habit.
If Hu Zai had resisted the urge to stockpile and took an early look, he wouldn’t be in such a passive situation now.
He could only sigh and add: "The plagiarized book was just released today..."
It’s 1:30 a.m. now, the release was only an hour and a half ago, fortunately, it can still be rectified.
The editor-in-chief pondered for a moment: "Daring to plagiarize so blatantly, you go contact them on QQ first to ask, and still make the color palette for easy back and forth comparison by legal counsel."
"Also, I will notify Bai Lu’s editor-in-chief. With verification from both sides, if either side lacks evidence, we will directly issue a notice to handle it."
"Before it’s clear, don’t handle the release channel for now. Anyway, this money won’t reach the author’s account temporarily, try to avoid misunderstandings."
The editor-in-chief’s analysis was spot-on, and Hu Zai also had experience dealing with such things. He quickly returned to his desk to rummage through the author list.
[Hu Zai: Great Scholar, are you there?]
Yes, Su Tiankuo’s pen name is [Great Scholar]
Of course, Su Tiankuo was there.
However, he still had no idea a nightmare was flying out the window. Instead, he asked eagerly and expectantly.
[I’m here, what’s up?]
The backstage subscriptions were skyrocketing, reaching achievements in a short one or two hours that many writers couldn’t achieve. The editor chatting at this late night must be here to encourage him!
Su Tiankuo was quite composed about this.
However, Hu Zai’s next sentence immediately panicked him.
[What’s the relationship between your ’Phoenix Platform’ and Bai Lu’s ’Lingxiao’? The similarity is as high as 85%, the website hopes you can provide an explanation.]
[Otherwise, according to the agreement we signed, not only do you have to return all your earnings, but you also need to refund 10% plagiarism compensation to the readers, and a 10% compensation to the website.]
[Compensation is calculated based on your backend income, regardless of whether it has been paid out.]
Of course, there are also some compensation agreements for the original author, but those are announced by legal, so he won’t elaborate here.
Bai Lu, being a Platinum Saint on Dream Weaving Network, his reputation cannot be tarnished, the compensation is likely not a small amount.
Su Tiankuo was utterly dumbfounded.
"System! Biqu Pavilion! Get out here! Didn’t you show that this book was to be published in October?" Follow current novels on novel·fire·net
In a panic, he opened ’Lingxiao’ and found out that this was not ’Lingxiao’ at all! It clearly was the ’Phoenix Platform’ that was supposed to be published in October!
Yet, the system seemed dead.
Besides still being able to see the virtual screen, and the specific revenue of each book, there was no other feedback.
In the continuous questioning, Su Tiankuo gradually calmed down.
He had grown used to the system’s dead state, no feedback to any inquiries.
At this moment, various thoughts surged overwhelmingly in his heart, making him extremely conflicted.
And just then, a message from a loan platform reminding him to repay instantly cemented his determination.
He absolutely could not admit to plagiarism.
He did not plagiarize!
Thinking about the word count in his manuscript box, it should be enough to prove everything, right?
He just didn’t believe Bai Lu wrote more than him?
Su Tiankuo took a deep breath, steadying himself. In order to demonstrate his righteousness, his attitude became increasingly firm—