Mimi Shiomi has written light novels for 14 years since she debuted at the age of 10,000, and this is the first time she has received such a high degree of attention.On social platforms, just a simple sentence has millions of views, [-]+ comments and reposts.

"I heard that the other party hired a very powerful lawyer. The court will start tomorrow. If I lose unfortunately, there is nothing I can do. By Shiomi Mimi."

The thousands of comments below are all to comfort Xi Jianmei to relax and be fair and at ease.

Many of them grew up chasing her books, and wrote long paragraphs of heartfelt words.Those with a more intense personality even scolded Sakunosuke Oda at the beginning, and some attacked Sakunosuke Oda's writing style by comparing the two. Oda Sakunosuke made Shiomi Mimi happy.

Sitting on the swivel chair in her studio, Mimi Xi saw that she kept laughing while watching the comments, like the laughter of being pleased, but also with viscous malice.

"These easily incited idiots."

If someone stood next to her, they would be frightened by the laughter.Being exposed to this kind of malicious laughter is like being naked in an extremely cold place, even the blood seems to be frozen, it's bone-piercing and extremely cold.

Mimi Shiomi turned to the encyclopedia page of author Odasaku on the computer, and shook her hand familiarly like an acquaintance.

"Odasaku, goodbye."

According to the previous application of editor Hehe, the court has agreed to conduct a "closed trial", that is to say, in the court, except for certain legal personnel, no one else is allowed to attend.Therefore, Akashi, Tokoro, and Natsume who came with them all stood guard not far from the door, and began to eavesdrop with the equipment obtained by Nakahara and Kurosawa, and Li Baoen and Sawada Tsunayoshi were also there.Si Yingshi didn't know what happened, and was kept from it from the beginning, so he is still designing the evening menu at home.

Prosecutor: "In court, you will take an oath in a serious and honest manner, and declare that what you need to state next is complete and true facts, otherwise you will be punished and punished accordingly."

Oda simply glanced at the plaintiff's seat, exchanged glances with lawyer Fei Eri, and said solemnly, "Yes, I know."

Between Wright Ryuichi and Fei Eri, Oda still chose Fei Eri who was recommended by Akashi.He also read the records of Wright Ryuichi in court, and he could turn a civil lawsuit into a criminal case, which made Oda feel that another death lawyer came, and Fei Yingli was better.It happened that she was the mother of Mao Lilan, a former book fan, so the two talked a lot about books when they first met, and they got along very happily.

Fei Yingli simply sorted out the information.

This is not a difficult case. With the information provided by Oda Sakunosuke and the relevant witnesses, it is not difficult to win the case.But the key is that she needs to know what kind of result Oda Sakunosuke wants, and in which direction she can exert force.

Prosecutor: "Please tell us your real name and the pseudonym under which you were charged in this case."

Oda: "My name is Oda Sakunosuke, and the pseudonym I used when I was charged in this case was Oda Saku."

Defense lawyer Fei Yingli: "Can you tell us about your current occupation? And when did you start writing formally?"

Oda: "My current occupation is a novelist. I started to write officially when I was 14 years old. I officially debuted as a novelist when I was 20 years old because of the publication of the short story "Rain"."

Fei Yingli: "Then may I ask, how many works have you created so far?"

"Excuse me, do you mean the published one, or does it also include your own pen practice? Does it need to be finished?" Oda Saku looked in the direction of Fei Eri and asked.

Fei Yingli corrected her question: "Or, Mr. Oda, can you tell me how many words you have written since you decided to become a novelist?"

"I insisted on writing 19-word short stories every day from the age of 20 to [-], and from the age of [-] until now, I have insisted on writing [-]-word short stories every day, excluding published content."

"In this rough calculation, you already have more than 300 million words, and a total of more than 3000 stories." After Fei Yingli finished speaking, she looked back at the prosecutor and the plaintiff's seat, and said, "This shows that Mr. Oda is not the case. The plaintiff, Ms. Xi Jian, said when she filed the complaint that he does not have enough writing experience, only has two meager works, and he can only rely on plagiarism from Bo Ming."

"Okay," Fei Yingli continued to ask, "Mr. Oda, can you tell me, among so many practice essays, how many of them were used in the creation of your latest work "Zi Shou Ge"? Integrate the world view or the plot?"

"The serial version of "Zi Shou Ge" used about 25 or six pieces of inspiration, but the one that really uses the plot is..."

Lawyer for the prosecution: "Protest, in court, this matter has nothing to do with this case."

Judge: "The protest is invalid, the defendant please continue to answer."

"There are about seven or eight."

Fei Yingli continued: "Then I would like to ask, are these handwriting exercises still in your hands, can they be used as evidence to support your current speech?"

"Yes."

Fei Yingli asked again: "So you will reuse the unpublished articles that you practiced before to create again?"

"Yes."

"Now the judge and the prosecutor's lawyer should also be able to see the scanned version of the original copy on the desk, and compare it with the expanded version of "Zi Shou Ge". It can be seen that "Zi Shou Ge" contains a lot of handwriting. The defendant, Mr. Oda, has always insisted on writing manuscripts by hand, and it can be seen that handwriting is different in different time periods, which also proves that these handwriting exercises come from different time periods."

Fei Yingli continued to submit to the editor of Shanghehe to provide the original manuscript of "Rain" three years ago, and the handwritten original manuscript of "Zi Shouge" when it was serialized, as well as the official handwriting verification certificate.

After seeing the judge nodding, Fei Yingli continued: "Can I ask you where the idea of ​​"Zi Shou Ge" came from? Where did some of the reasoning plots come from?"

"I have seen the American Hollywood movie Sideways, which is a movie set on a journey. In the field of literature, it is a road novel. I am impressed by the way of expressing stories and life themes. Novelty. As for the reasoning part, it comes from my friend——Edogawa Ranpo.”

Hideri introduced to the uninformed judge and plaintiff's lawyer: "Ranpo Edogawa is one of the leading detectives in Japan. His anecdotes and case-solving history are published in many newspapers. You can also search for them on the website." Of course. , Fei Yingli has also prepared a stack of relevant newspapers and materials. "Are you sure you can get the details of his reasoning?"

"Yes, he lives next door to my house, and occasionally comes to my house for dinner."

"Now back to plagiarism, have you met the plaintiff, Ms. Xijian Meishi? Have you ever seen her work before?"

Oda looked in the direction of Mimi Shiomi, who was dressed in plain clothes, and finally put it on Fei Eri again: "No, I have never seen her, nor heard her works."

"What type of work do you think she wrote?"

Plaintiff's lawyer: "Protest, in court, this issue has nothing to do with this case."

The judge said blankly: "The protest is invalid, the defendant please continue."

Oda said uncertainly: "Women's literature, youth romance novels, etc."

"Xijian Meishi wrote youth romance novels when she was young. Later, she was ridiculed by readers for their shallow content and unsmooth logic. After the works were completely self-entertaining, she transformed into a children's literature writer and became famous."

Oda originally thought it would be good to finish listening, but Fei Yingli seemed to be still waiting for his reply, so he responded with "Oh".

The plaintiff's lawyer immediately stood up: "Protest, I think the defendant did not respect the plaintiff, and treated her with spiritual contempt and verbal ridicule."

Fei Yingli shot at the same time and said: "Protest, I think the plaintiff's lawyer is too sensitive, trying to impose trumped-up charges on my defendant."

Judge: "The protest is invalid, the defendant please correct your attitude."

Oda was puzzled for a moment, looked at himself left and right, and straightened his already straight waist even more, only to salute.

Judge & plaintiff's seat: "..."

What should I do if I have a sense of powerlessness of "forget it, don't worry about this little problem"?

"So, are you sure you have never seen the work of the plaintiff, Ms. Xijian Meishi?"

"Yes, I haven't seen it."

This time, Oda used honorifics in every sentence.

"Do you think your work is similar to hers?"

"I haven't seen her works, so I don't know what the similarities refer to?"

The prosecutor usually doesn't interrupt, but at this time, he couldn't help but ask: "Defendant, do you know the reason why you are standing here today?"

"Yes, Miss Mimi Shiomi thinks that I plagiarized her work." After Oda finished speaking, the doubts on his face deepened. Didn't the court know about this?

Fei Yingli was amused because Oda Sakunosuke's reaction was too natural, but she tried her best not to laugh with a sullen face: "Aren't you curious about which aspects are similar?"

"Not curious because I know I didn't plagiarize."

"Then how do you understand that both of your works have similarities?"

"Any similarity is purely coincidental."

Feiying replied "Thank you, I'm done asking", and returned to the dock.

Although the opponent is a well-known civil litigation lawyer, he is just a younger brother in front of him.

The fundamental purpose of Oda Sakunosuke is to prove his innocence.But other people don't see it that way, they just look at Oda Sakunosuke's face, and if the other party accepts it when they see it, they won't pursue it too much.But if people do not change their nature, they must fight to the death.

"Lawyer Concubine, you should know how to make people hurt (shen) change (bai) former (ming) wrong (lie)?" Akashi smiled.

Fei Yingli: "Reasonable and legal means, I understand."

……

The plaintiff's lawyer walked up to Sakunosuke Oda.He looked around for a week, and his eyes flicked over the faces of Oda, Fei Eri, Grand Prix and Shiomi Mimi.

"Defendant Sakunosuke Oda, do you know that if there are many similarities to a certain extent, it has nothing to do with coincidence, and it can directly constitute a "plagiarism" incident? "

Oda Sakunosuke nodded: "That's why I was accused."

"Very well, since Mr. Oda knows the defendant in your article, then you should also know that the story "Fairy Tale in the Wind" by Ms. Mimi Shiomi also appeared before your story, and now the judge and the defense lawyer table You should see an email on the Internet, which was sent to the editor by my plaintiff, Ms. Xi Jian, two years ago, with a detailed outline and a [-]-word sample chapter, as well as all subsequent content, which are clearly marked with time. According to According to the time of receiving the original manuscript provided by the editor of Wenyi Chunqiu Hehe, this content is definitely before "Zi Shou Ge".

"I have an objection!" Fei Yingli raised an objection, "I have always wanted to know that Miss Xijian did not publish it two years ago, if Mr. Oda's "Zi Shouge" was not published, does it mean that your manuscript has sunk into the sea? Won't it be enabled again?"

Xi Jianmei's voice was soft and shallow: "No, the reason why I didn't publish it two years ago was because when I wanted to try to reason about the subject matter, I found that this was my shortcoming. Will be willing to write, this may be my transition work, I don't want to treat it casually, "

Fei Yingli continued to ask: "Why does Miss Xi Jian, who has never written about reasoning, want to try reasoning?"

"I think this is an important choice to challenge myself and broaden my writing path, just like I chose romance novels at the beginning, and then boldly thought about going into the field of children's literature. I don't think anyone can limit my choice What subject do I want to write about?"

Xijian Meishi said calmly, looking straight at Fei Yingli.

"In that case, how did Miss Xi Jian finalize the details of the reasoning theme?"

"I read newspapers, news, and magazines. It shouldn't be allowed to use realistic themes, right?"

Fei Yingli also planned to ask, but the plaintiff's lawyer interrupted Fei Yingli's non-stop questioning of Xi Jian, and made an opinion to the judge: "Protest, the court, this matter has nothing to do with this case."

"The protest is valid, and now is the time to ask the defendant questions." The judge interrupted Fei Yingli's process and said.

"A work was published before your work, and many parts of the content are similar to your article, and even some of them have reached the exact same level. May I think that you have seen the work of Ms. Shiomi Mimi intentionally or unintentionally? And use it to write content for yourself as a means of making a profit?"

"No."

Oda responded loudly, which stunned the plaintiff's lawyer.

"I will not plagiarize other people's content and use it for profit. If I know it is someone else's, I will not touch it. This is basic etiquette."

Fei Yingli intervened in the dialogue at the right time: "Can we invite our witness, Mr. Henggou Masashi, to make a statement for the defendant?"

Henggou Zhengshi was sitting in the side room of the hall, and when he heard the summons, he stood up.

Masashi Hengmizo is still recuperating, wearing a pale light kimono.In order to look more energetic, I also drank a lot of tea in the morning.After hearing that Oda was accused of plagiarism, he ignored the news that he was hospitalized, and immediately called Oda and told him that he could be called to testify at any time if necessary.

"I have known the defendant Oda Sakunosuke for three years. During the three years, we often discussed the inspirations that appeared and the content of the article. Whenever I mentioned the subject matter that I might like, Oda Saku had never set foot in it, and would directly communicate with the content I published. avoid."

Henggou's official history expression is calm, even thinking that if you want to copy it, you should copy his. Why should you copy a female novelist who suddenly appeared out of nowhere?

Hideri officially introduced the official history of Yokomizo: "This is the official history of Yokomizo who won the Naoki Award with Oda Sakunosuke three years ago. For two consecutive years, the author's copyright income has been earned by young Japanese authors, that is, authors between the ages of 20 and 30. It ranks number one.”

She paused and looked in the direction of Xijian Meishi, and added: "I don't intend to offend, but Xijian Meishi's copyright income seems to be ranked very low."

Xijian Meishi clasped her hands, and when facing Feiyingli's rhetorical question, there was no unnecessary expression on her face.

"Who knows? If you put it this way, there will only be small writers copying big writers, and no big writers will copy small writers. Lawyer Fei, do you mean that? And, who knows, is it true that a writer as prolific as Kindaichi There is also a studio helping him mass-produce mystery novels?"

As soon as these words fell, Henggou Zhengshi immediately heaved a sigh of relief in his chest, and was about to attack, his chest hurts, and he coughed for a long time.Feiyingli immediately spoke up and turned her attention to other aspects.

Feiyingli lowered her head to check her own information, and said, "If this is the case, then let's talk about something new."

"Three years ago, Mr. Oda wrote a book called "Twelve Nights Story". The content of this book also constitutes the keynote of "Zi Shou Ge". At the end of last winter, when Mr. Oda sent it to his editor in charge, Editor Kawai, he clearly received a text message saying "this manuscript is not acceptable". The manuscript, though, can't be found on video now—"

"However, according to what Mr. Oda said, there is a habit of using handwriting as the basis of inspiration. In the handwriting three years ago, my assistants and I found that there are many places in "Fairy Tale in the Wind" and the handwriting practice three years ago. The content is similar."

When Akashi and Nakahara lamented the loss of manuscripts last time, Sakunosuke Oda naturally added a sentence: "However, I have all the manuscripts for practicing handwriting, and sometimes I write down my inspiration for writing."

Oda Sakunosuke has been very confident from the very beginning. When he writes his own articles, he will put an asterisk and date on the materials he uses to indicate that he has used them, so that he will not use repeated materials. This is in Hong Kong. Hei developed a habit when he was doing low-level work - filing and saving all materials.He can prove to himself that he is the content of the article he wrote.

However, Akashi and Nakahara are very concerned about the words of the book three years ago. In fact, Oda also has a draft.If you look around, you can see the manuscript of "Twelve Nights".After the two listened, they patted Oda angrily and funny at the same time, but Akashi was afraid that the pat would hurt, so after patting him, he rubbed it for him.

If "Fairy Tale in the Wind" is a complete plagiarism of "Twelve Nights Story", even Oda can't remember the whole content of the article, but he still remembers that there was something hidden in the article, which was hidden in the title, The first words of all the titles can be combined into a sentence——

"Good night, Kishi-kun.

Oshu Minasai, Takashi-kun

(oyasiminasayitakashikun). "

That's why the book is called "Twelve Nights Story", and why "Zi Shou Ge" also ended in twelve weeks, all because this story is for Natsume Takashi.However, "Zi Shou Ge" is made more subtle, unlike "The Story" which is put in the title.

Because there are no words starting with n in Japanese, the English form of "night (night)" is used instead.There is also a reference to the homophony of "night" and "light (light)" in Japanese pronunciation, which is still a word game that Sakunosuke Oda likes.

Although I didn't hold out hope that Mimi Xijian even used the title, but each title in the detailed outline still retains the original title.In addition, she published all the articles before the trial, as if to prove her innocence and full of bitterness.Akashi printed out every chapter of the article, and also found that although she expanded and changed some content, the title may be too suitable for the artistic conception, and she did not change a single word in the article.In other words, now all netizens can see that her titles are strung together to say good night to a person named Gui Zhijun.

One thing can be guessed from this, Mimi Shiomi may have never thought of winning the lawsuit from the very beginning, but simply wanted to use "plagiarism" to disgust Oda Sakunosuke.Whether a writer is really suspected of plagiarism or not, he will definitely be deeply affected by the attack of the whole network.

It also shows that from the beginning of doing this, Shiomi Mimi hated Oda Sakunosuke from the bottom of her heart, maybe it was jealousy of talent, or there were more complicated reasons, anyway, she just wanted to disgust him.

……

Fei Yingli smiled and said, "Thank you, Miss Xijian, for providing the detailed outline and publishing all the content on the Internet platform. We also saw this sentence again. Is there someone named Guizhi beside Miss Xijian?"

Now the situation has turned too fast, and it has even led to the direction of Mimi's plagiarism.

Mimi Shiomi never thought that the breakthrough would be here. Although she knew that Odasaku liked to play word games, she never expected to be here. Thanks to her, she changed all the names, place names, people's names, and even the original animals. Change it to another similar animal, for fear of hiding something inside.Unexpectedly, after she washed the manuscript, the simplest title exposed her.

No, she hasn't lost yet.

She can't panic!

Xi Jianmei pinched her sharp fingertips into the palm of her hand, trying to use the pain to calm her down a little bit.

The plaintiff's lawyer immediately raised an objection for Xijian Meishi: "Protest, in court, the defense lawyer did not submit the application for these new materials. I request a temporary adjournment to review the materials."

The judge glanced at Mimi Shiomi, who gritted his teeth and had dark eyes, with straight eyes, and spoke in a flat tone.

"Protest is ineffective."

Both the outline and the content of the article were submitted by the plaintiff himself, and only new clues were discovered from them, which are not considered new materials.

"Defence counsel, please proceed."

As soon as the words fell, Fei Yingli showed a calm smile.

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