Immediately understanding what he meant, Tracy set off to handle the matter right away. Since she knew the name of the teacher who had collaborated with Linda, it saved her a lot of trouble.
She called the teacher and explained her purpose. The teacher readily sent the electronic version of the lyrics to Tracy.
Tracy forwarded them to Mu Junze. Then she saw Mu Junze sending a message to someone.
Meanwhile, on the live - streaming screen on the computer, Meng Nianchu suddenly looked down at her phone.
Seeing the message on her phone screen, Meng Nianchu was quite shocked. She looked up and scanned the live - streaming camera pointed at her. A smile curved her lips, and her grip on the phone tightened.
She never thought Mu Junze would watch this variety show.
Linda was extremely confident in her accusation. She believed that once this matter was exposed, Meng Nianchu's entire life would be almost ruined!
The more popular a person was, the harder they would fall when something went wrong!
Watching Meng Nianchu as if enjoying a show, she said proudly, "Plagiarism is a serious issue. I don't think you're fit to be a tutor. If others find out that a plagiarist can be a tutor on this variety show, won't everyone think this is just a lousy show?"
"Me, plagiarize?" Meng Nianchu stood up. At the same time, she opened the message Mu Junze sent her and held it in front of the camera.
The camera operator immediately zoomed in, and the content in Meng Nianchu's hand was projected onto the big screen.
Meng Nianchu saw a flash of panic on Linda's face. She stared into Linda's eyes and said with a smile, "Teacher Linda should be very familiar with this lyrics, right? You did hand in the lyrics to the arranger early, but the first version you handed in wasn't this one. It was the one in my hand."
"You're lying!"
Linda instinctively reached out to grab it.
Meng Nianchu grabbed her arm, her eyes sharp. "This lyrics was sent by the arranger himself. Do you still want to deny it?"
Everyone had already seen the words on the huge screen. It was indeed different from the song performed by Meng Nianchu's team.
Linda's team hadn't even performed yet, but Linda accused Meng Nianchu of plagiarism. It was obvious that she was deliberately causing trouble!
The audience, who were already dissatisfied with her, became even more unhappy. They were almost ready to throw the plastic bottles in their hands!
Meng Nianchu took a step closer to her. "You accuse me of plagiarism. What right do you have to say that? A part of your second song is exactly the same as mine. Who is plagiarizing whom?"
Linda swallowed hard and staggered back a step.
"I, I just..."
"Enough!" Zhang Fan frowned and glared at Linda. "This is a stage, not a vegetable market where you can fight at will! You made such a big fool of yourself on stage last time. Why are you still so unruly this time?"
"Director, I..."
Linda wanted to explain, but Zhang Fan didn't give her a chance. He patted Meng Nianchu's shoulder reassuringly, then turned to Yu Likun and the others still on the stage. "Just sing as Linda taught you later!"
After the director's words, the staff backstage reopened the music.
Different from Meng Nianchu's soothing music, Linda's team had a super - exciting melody.
When they sang the line "gentle spring breeze", it sounded a bit out of place.
But after they sang the song, the audience could better tell who was plagiarizing and who was making things up out of thin air!
The audience's anger towards Linda had reached its peak!
After the incident of the audience throwing plastic bottles last time, the director had specially arranged security guards beside the stage this time. With nowhere to vent their anger, the audience took it out on the trainees.
Almost all the audience in the auditorium voted for the trainee who sang the plagiarized lines when voting for Linda's song.
Then, they were announced eliminated.
Linda lost two more of her top trainees!
She had tried to gain an advantage but ended up suffering a loss instead. This was exactly what Linda, who thought she was smart, was experiencing at this moment.
"You'd better spend this time thinking about how to let your trainees play to their maximum potential instead of using all these dirty tricks and trying to drag others down," Meng Nianchu sneered at Linda as the competition was coming to an end and the audience was leaving one after another.
In a fit of anger, Linda grabbed Meng Nianchu's collar. "Don't be so smug! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have ended up like this! Stop pretending to be innocent. I'll make you pay the price someday!"
Seeing Linda's red - eyed and gritted - teeth look, Meng Nianchu gently patted her hand away with a smile. She tilted her head slightly, not taking Linda seriously at all.
"I'll be waiting for you."
With that, she walked swaggeringly backstage.
Watching Meng Nianchu leave with her trainees, chatting and laughing happily, Linda was burning with anger!
Her little hands hanging by her thighs clenched into fists. She gasped heavily and vowed angrily, "I'll definitely make you pay the price!"
But before she could come up with a way to make Meng Nianchu pay, the news of her publicly framing Meng Nianchu for plagiarism on stage had already gone viral on the Internet.
There were scolding comments all over Weibo. People were almost demanding that Linda be kicked out of the entertainment industry.
When everyone is pushing a falling wall, a small account suddenly posted a photo of Linda entering Lina's room.
It should have been taken by a staff member on the site.
As soon as this photo was posted, even Lina was implicated. She lost a lot of fans, and her cute image was shattered among netizens. She also lost a lot of popularity among passers - by.
Mu Feng was furious when he saw the photo. He went to scold Lina. Lina ran out of the venue tearfully, looking extremely aggrieved.
In just one hour before and after the end of the show, Linda's gentle image that she had worked so hard to build was once again completely destroyed!
Meng Nianchu calmed down the excitement of her trainees who were watching the show. She warned them not to slack off at this moment. There were still more important competitions ahead, and they needed to work hard!
After that, she quietly walked to the lounge and called Mu Junze.
The call was answered in a second.
Meng Nianchu said with a smile, "I really owe you a big thanks for today. If it weren't for your timely photo, I might not have been able to defend myself against Linda's false accusation on site."
She deliberately praised Mu Junze, hiding the fact that she had actually found the first version of the lyrics long ago.
Apparently, Mu Junze was quite pleased with Meng Nianchu's praise. He gave a soft grunt.
Even though the grunt was very soft, Meng Nianchu heard it clearly.
"I just helped out by the way," Mu Junze immediately reverted to his old, contradictory self.
Meng Nianchu pouted and didn't bother to expose him. She turned over on the bed and actively invited him, "It seems we'll have a break after this competition. How about we go somewhere for a trip?"