Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 330: Chapter 329: Plagiarism?

Su Yang set down the drumsticks and spoke softly, ”So, is there a judge who can determine who won and who lost?”

His words jolted everyone awake, and the entire venue suddenly burst into noisy excitement.

”What did I just hear?”

”That sounded amazing! Absolutely amazing!”

”I’ve never heard music this good in my life, it’s so soothing, so comfortable, I felt like I was flying in the sky!”

”My God, is this... can this be music created by humans? This must be the music of the immortals, right?”

Below, the crowd was incessantly uproarious, their faces flushed red, completely stunned by Su Yang’s ”Soul Calming Melody”.

”Wow, that’s amazing!” Hu Xiexie was even more excited, shouting loudly, ”Su Yang, brilliant, I support you!”

On stage, Chen Rui’s complexion turned ashen. At this moment, he knew without a comparison that Su Yang’s piece had utterly eclipsed his so-called music.

In fact, Su Yang’s performance could be said to have outshone any music Chen Rui knew. Now all music paled in comparison to this melody of Su Yang’s!

But how could this be possible? How could a sports student compose such exquisite music?

After a moment of silence, Chen Rui suddenly said in a deep voice, ”Hmph, a plagiarized piece of music, and you have the nerve to compete with me?”

”Plagiarized?”

”No way, is his piece plagiarized?”

”Heavens, I knew it, how could it be possible, him being a sports student, to compose music? And to compose it so well, it must definitely be the work of some master!”

”That’s disgusting! That’s disgusting! To plagiarize someone else’s work and dare to perform here and even compete with Brother Rui, utterly shameless!”

Below, a bunch of girls shouted indignantly, and some even started throwing things onto the stage.

”Plagiarized?” Su Yang laughed, looking at Chen Rui, ”Whose work did I plagiarize?”

”Mine!” Chen Rui proudly claimed, ”This is a piece I created not long ago, I haven’t finished writing the lyrics yet. I never imagined it would be stolen by you, you are truly shameless!”

”Hahaha...” Su Yang laughed, looking up, ”You say you created it? Fine, play it once, let everyone discern, and see if I really plagiarized it!”

”Hey!” Down below, Hu Xiexie panicked, ”Su Yang, what are you doing? They’re professionals in music; after listening once, they can remember the melody, playing it again is no difficulty at all...”

”I know!” Su Yang smiled faintly, looking at Chen Rui, ”If you can play it with the same effect, then I have plagiarized you. If not, hehe, you will have to pay the price for your words!”

”Since I said you plagiarized, there must be some changes in your piece from mine,” Chen Rui said, ”Of course I can’t play it exactly like you did, but after everyone listens, they will know if you plagiarized me!”

”Alright, let everyone discern!” Su Yang nodded with a faint smile.

Below, Hu Xiexie and others were anxiously turning in circles, all these were Chen Rui’s fans, how could they be fair judges?

A cold smile crossed Chen Rui’s lips. Of course, he could tell that Su Yang’s melody could shake the entire music world. If he could claim this melody as his own creation, he would become a historical figure in world music history, and one song could bring him glory and riches for a lifetime.

Therefore, as soon as Su Yang finished playing, he made a decision to claim this melody as his own.

After all, it was Su Yang’s first performance, and no one knew that Su Yang could compose music. It seemed he hadn’t even registered the copyright for the melody.

He claimed Su Yang plagiarized, and certainly many people would believe him. He had almost memorized the tune by now, and was sure he could play it without any issues. This was his best chance to claim the piece as his own.

Chen Rui grabbed a guitar, took a deep breath, and began to play the melody that Su Yang had just performed.

But after a few notes, Chen Rui felt something was wrong; he simply couldn’t produce the same feeling as Su Yang’s playing. The same melody, coming from him, was just like noise, nowhere near as soothing or pleasant to the ear.

The fangirls below, who had been watching him full of hope, started to make a commotion when he had played for a while. This playing, what was it? It was simply grating!

Su Yang remained smiling faintly, as this scenario was within his expectations.

The Soul Calming Melody wasn’t like ordinary music. It wasn’t enough to just remember the tune to play it well. This melody had a few key points written down in the score, things that people couldn’t discern by ear. Only by remembering these key points could one play it well. Relying solely on the tune was utterly futile, utterly useless!

Halfway through the performance, the audience couldn’t stand it anymore. Hu Xiexie was the first to yell out, ”Stop it, you idiot, what the hell are you playing!”

”Get lost! With that level of skill, you dare accuse our master of plagiarism?”

”What the heck is this, calling yourself a creative genius? The pigs back at my home sound better than this!”

”Damn it, stop playing, my ears are about to get pierced!”

Even the fangirls began shouting for him to stop.

Chen Rui’s face turned extremely ugly; he knew he had thoroughly embarrassed himself. He stopped playing and suddenly turned to run, not lingering at the scene any further.

However, he hadn’t run two steps before Su Yang blocked his way.

”Brother Rui, what’s the rush?” Su Yang said with a smile. ”We haven’t finished dealing with our matter, have we?”

”Get out of the way!” Chen Rui gritted his teeth. ”Otherwise, I’ll show you!”

”Oh? You want to get physical with an athlete like me?” Su Yang teased.

Enraged, Chen Rui suddenly lifted his foot to kick at Su Yang.

But before his foot could reach Su Yang, it was met with a direct punch from Su Yang, sending it back.

Chen Rui fell to the ground and seized the opportunity to shout, ”You dare hit someone!? Where are the bodyguards? Bodyguards!”

Immediately, a dozen strong men rushed over, all of them Chen Rui’s bodyguards.

Chen Rui, supported by one of the men, stood up and yelled angrily, ”You bastard, you dare hit someone. Do you really think you athletes are something? Come on, fight then. I want to see how tough you are against my bodyguards!”

Su Yang smiled faintly and walked slowly towards Chen Rui, ”I really didn’t want to deal with you, but you truly disgust me. Since it’s come to this, I suppose I must let you suffer a bit!”

”Beat him to death!” Chen Rui roared angrily.

The bodyguards immediately charged, but Su Yang casually waved his hand, slapping each one away with a smack. None of the dozen bodyguards could get anywhere near Su Yang; all were sent flying by his heavy slaps.

Chen Rui was dumbfounded. These bodyguards were all professionals! In his view, taking down Su Yang was supposed to be easy, just a sports student after all, nothing to worry about. But he never expected this outcome; who exactly was Su Yang?