Chapter 12 — After my engagement was canceled, I went to Shenzhen and lived the most brilliant version

The similarity of those paintings is even lower than two artists of the same style accidentally having the same ideas. Normal readers don't understand that. Just for one day. The article has reached five hundred thousand views. Chu Vi was so angry that she was shaking.

"It's obvious that someone is behind the manipulation! How could anyone suddenly dig up paintings from four years ago by an illustrator and take them away compared to a foreign artist?"

“Lin Duyet.”

“How do you know?”

"In the article, there is a mention of 'ex-boyfriend Tran Duy revealed'. There are not many people who can connect those two pieces of information together."

I stopped for a moment.

“Besides… only she has a motive.”

“What does she gain?”

“Smear my reputation.”

“When a name is destroyed, its commercial value also decreases.”

“Or she wants to force me to come out and negotiate.”

“Or simply want to vent.”

That afternoon, the people in charge of several collaborating brands texted me one after another. The words are still very polite. But they are clearly asking questions.

“Miss To, we have seen the story online, our side needs to confirm with the media department…”

I only answer one question.

"Fake news. Legal action has begun."

But I know very well. If this is not resolved as soon as possible. The damage will only get bigger. Eight o'clock in the evening. Co Dien called me.

“I see. What do you need?”

“Does Loc Minh have a public relations company to cooperate with?”

“Tomorrow morning I will arrange for them to meet you.”

“One more thing.”

“I need to find out who posted it.”

“Can the platform retrieve data behind the scenes?”

“Let me handle it.”

The next morning, people from the public relations company arrived. A strategy director brings along two execution staff. Strategy director named Phuong Dinh, about thirty years old, speaks quickly and extremely accurately.

“I saw that article.”

“The quality is very low, the evidence is completely untenable.”

“But the virality was already established.”

“Now the most important thing is to take time.”

“What's the plan?”

“Two directions deployed at the same time.”

“First, she posted an official statement, attaching evidence that the work was an original composition.”

“File creation time.”

“Layer history.”

“Sketches in progress.”

“Do you have all of those things?”

“All my paintings are saved as original PSD files.”

"The time to create your files is even earlier than the works they say are 'plagiarized', you can tell right away just by looking at them."

“Second, complain to the platform and send a lawyer letter.”

“We have determined the IP address of the poster.”

“Chaoyang, Beijing.”

Lam Duyet lives in Trieu Duong district.

“How long will it take?”

“Posting a statement today.”

“In three days, public opinion will reverse.”

“The legal process is a little slower.”

“But within a week, the platform will remove the post.”

That afternoon, I posted a long article on the account "Nien Bach". There aren't any emotional words. I just calmly posted twelve screenshots of the original files. Each photo clearly states the time it was created. The earliest one... July 14, 2019. While the works of foreign artists were said to be "plagiarized", the earliest publication date was March 2020. Later than my work... The comment section immediately exploded.

“So it's not Niem Bach copied other people."

“But is it true that someone else plagiarized Niem Bach?”

“What does the poster want to do?”

“Famous or intentionally defamatory?”

“Ex-boyfriend revealed? What kind of trashy ex-boyfriend is that?”

In just twenty-four hours. Public opinion completely reversed. Comment area under anonymous post from:

"It's true that Niem Bach is a fake."

Turns into:

“Who is the person who posted the post? Come confront me.”

On to the third day. Official platform into the investigation. Articles tagged with:

“The content is in dispute and has been put through the moderation process.”

By day five. The post was completely deleted. The platform also issued an official announcement:

“After verification, the content of the article contained malicious slander. The posting account has been locked.”