Zhou Zhou showed them the pictures she had compiled from the forum, saying, "And the official announcement also asked us to provide evidence that our work is original, otherwise our participation will be disqualified."
They got up and took a closer look, and were astonished.
"Wow, it really is!" Du Shen stared in disbelief. "What's going on?"
"Isn't this plagiarism? We've been copied?" Ye Xinyu also a little stunned.
Gao Huhao was a beta, but like Xiao Xu, he was tall and burly with a deep voice, but he was very honest. "This was definitely copied! Damn it, which idiot copied it?"
Feng Jie, also a beta, was relatively thin and, like most STEM students, wore a plaid shirt and black-rimmed glasses. "Aren't we required to provide evidence? We're the original creators; just submit the evidence."
Xue Jingshu and Han Xi exchanged a silent glance, then tacitly began to devise a plan.
Duan Xu stared blankly at Shen Yanlang, feeling flustered for a moment, but then he felt relieved remembering that he hadn't plagiarized. He just couldn't understand, "Yan-ge, how could you have copied ours?"
Shen Yanlang frowned slightly and said in a deep voice, "He's from our school, so he's very likely... your classmate."
Duan Xu paused, then suddenly seemed to realize something. His expression turned somewhat sour, but more than that, it showed surprise.
"Xuxu, do you know who it is?" His expression was easy to understand; Shen Yanlang recognized it at a glance.
After saying that, Zhou Zhou turned to look at Duan Xu, "Xuxu, do you know that contestant?"
"I don't know if it's him." Duan Xu was only guessing and couldn't be sure yet.
Shen Yanlang asked, "Who is it?"
Everyone was looking at Duan Xu.
"Our class monitor, Zhao Gan," Duan Xu began, recounting his chance encounter with Zhao Gan at the library.
He happened to need to look up some information at the time, so he took his laptop to the library.
It was at that time that he met Zhao Gan, who was sitting next to him. Zhao Gan saw him working on a logo and asked him some questions about logos.
Thinking that this might not be the final draft, and that there was no need to tell people he wasn't very familiar with about starting a company, he casually said, "It's just something I did to practice."
After finishing speaking, Duan Xu asked Zhou Zhou, "Do you have the contestant's name?"
For individual participants, some will use their real names, while others will use nicknames or pseudonyms. As long as you fill in your real name on the registration form, that's fine.
Zhou Zhou immediately searched the forum and found, " In Bright Universe, it's not a real name."
"Isn't it obvious? There's a character 'gan' in it, it must be Zhao Gan!" Ye Xinyu said confidently.
Everyone thought so, including Duan Xu, since it was so obvious. But Duan Xu was genuinely surprised, "He's such a nice person, how could he... plagiarize?"
Zhao Gan is the class monitor. The counselor tells the class monitor many things, and the class monitor then informs the students in the class. Sometimes, if a student misses a message, he will make a special effort to notify them again.
Besides, he was always the first to step forward and organize everyone when something happened in class, and he also took great care of everyone.
It turns out that someone who gives off such a good impression would plagiarize?!
"Xuxu, you can know a person's face but not their heart," Han Xi said calmly.
Du Shen and the others nodded in agreement, "Yeah, yeah, even acquaintances can betray you, let alone strangers!"
Duan Xu nodded slightly, "I know, it's just too unexpected."
Shen Yanlang held his hand and gently comforted him, "It's okay, once this is over, just block him."
Plagiarism is a very serious offense. After it's exposed, Zhao Gan will probably be banned from being class monitor and will have to keep a low profile at school from now on.
"Xiao Xu, send me a screenshot of your file information, and I'll submit it directly to the official reviewers," Xue Jingshu said.
Duan Xu nodded. "I'll send it to you when I get back."
The Xue Family happens to be a sponsor of this design competition, so it will be very convenient for him to communicate with them.
*
In the dormitory.
Zhao Gan panicked after seeing the post on the forum.
How so?
Didn't Duan Xu say that logo was just practice? How come it's the company logo, and it was even entered in a competition?
Did Duan Xu plagiarize that company's logo?
Yes, didn't he say he wanted to practice?
He must have been studying that company's logo, thinking it was his design. He was too embarrassed to admit it was someone else's, so he said it was something he did as practice!
"Damn it!" Zhao Gan cursed under his breath, hating Duan Xu to death. If Duan Xu hadn't denied that it was someone else's logo and claimed it was just practice, why would he have submitted it to the competition?
Now that it's been discovered and caused such a big fuss, what should we do?
After pondering for a moment, Zhao Gan took out his computer and began researching the company Summit Technology. Perhaps he could make a breakthrough from there.
After checking the information, he discovered that the legal representative of Summit Technology was Xue Jingshu, who held 40% of the shares, while the other two were Shen Yanlang and Du Shen, each holding 30% of the shares.
He didn't know Du Shen, but he knew Xue Jingshu and Shen Yanlang, and that they had a good relationship. Duan Xu and Shen Yanlang were also a couple...
His previous guesses were all wrong; this was actually designed by Duan Xu specifically for their company!
Not only did he discover it, but others on the forum also looked up Summit Technology.
[Holy crap! Everyone come quick! The legal representative of Summit Technology is Xue Jingshu! And Shen Yanlang is also a shareholder! The school heartthrob Shen Yanlang!]
Wow! This is going to be interesting!
[Ah... if it's them, I'm more inclined to believe that student plagiarized Summit Technology.]
[Add one: I've met Shen Yanlang, and he would never plagiarize!]
Xue Jingshu served as Student Council president for two years; everyone knows his character, and it's impossible for him to have plagiarized!
[That's not entirely true. As the saying goes, you can know a person's face but not their heart. How do you know they won't plagiarize?]
Zhao Gan watched as the people on the forum gradually gravitated towards Summit Technology, and many of them were also criticizing him. He was furious, and even more Duan Xu hadn't told him the truth.
"Damn it!" Zhao Gan cursed, "We absolutely cannot admit to plagiarism!"
He stared at the registration date of the Summit Technology on the information and had an idea.
Zhao Gan first submitted his evidence to the authorities, and then went online to the forum.
Zhao Gan: [Hello everyone, I am the student who participated in the competition, but I didn't plagiarize! This logo was originally for me to practice on, and I didn't show it to anyone except one person, Duan Xu, Shen Yanlang's boyfriend, who is my classmate.]
I met him at the library. He saw the logo I designed and asked me a few questions. I didn't think much of it at the time. Later, I saw a design competition and submitted it to the competition. But I never expected that he would register my logo with Summit Technology!
I have submitted the relevant evidence to the authorities; let's wait for the final announcement!