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——Preface——
If you want to say who is the writer who "fires out of the circle", then Guo Jingming must be one of them.
From a "small-town subjectist" to a "well-known director", Guo Jingming took only 20 years.
Later, he entered the film and television industry and became one of the "most popular directors" because of the "Small Times" series.
However, just when Guo Jingming was enjoying fame and fortune, the sudden "plagiarism storm" instantly pulled him off the altar.
After that, Guo Jingming was no longer forgiven, and the "frivolous" things he did in those years of fame eventually made him suffer himself.
——Writing to become famous——
Born in an ordinary family in Sichuan, Guo Jingming contracted sepsis when he was four years old, and since then, the pain has afflicted his body, and his height has been much shorter than his peers.
As he grew up day by day, his heart became more and more painful, but he didn't have any friends around him to talk to, so he had to record these emotions on paper.
Surprisingly, he seems to have some talent in literature, his articles are gorgeous and emotional, at first he just submitted to the newspaper with the mentality of giving it a try, but he was really selected, and then the newspaper sent him a writing fee, although not much, but it greatly encouraged him.
In 2001, Guo Jingming, full of confidence, decided to participate in the Shanghai New Concept Essay Contest to make his name famous and continue on this road in the future.
He fought all the way and won the first prize with "If There Was No Sun Tomorrow".
The following year, he made a comeback, and the article "The Edge of Love and Pain" once again won the first place.
The two awards did make his name known, but in the face of the invitation of the publishing house, he refused.
It turned out that after coming to Shanghai and seeing the prosperity of the big city, he understood that he still saw too little, and he needed to learn more to enrich himself.
So, after the college entrance examination, he filled in Shanghai University and continued to improve his writing skills.
Just came to Shanghai alone, but was severely defeated by the big city, his poverty, his backwardness have become a sword pierced in his heart.
The accent that did not fit in with his classmates made him embarrassed to communicate with his classmates, and he closed himself off again and wrote his emotions with a pen.
——Deep in the turmoil——
Until 2003, a book "Phantom City" put Guo Jingming on the list of rich Chinese writers.
For a time, Guo Jingming was surrounded by flowers, and the scenery was immeasurable.
Countless people touted his talent and became his fans, and during that time, as long as the books he wrote were on the shelves, they were bound to be quickly snatched up.
Seeing that the situation was good, Guo Jingming struck while the iron was hot, published a new book, and was ready to make a profit.
This book completed at the speed of light is "How Much Flowers Fall in Dreams".
The speed of completion of this book deeply shocked everyone, and more people were impressed by Guo Jingming's talent at one time.
However, Guo Jingming, who enjoys praise and praise, does not know that the gifts of fate are clearly priced, and the things he has done will be exposed sooner or later.
After the publication of "How Much Flowers Fall in Dreams", it quickly became a bestseller, and countless readers bought books and went home just for Guo Jingming's name.
However, after opening it, these readers suddenly noticed that something was wrong.
Some people found that the story plot of "How Much Flowers Fall in Dreams" is very similar to Zhuang Yu's novel "Inside and Outside the Circle".
Originally, readers couldn't believe that their favorite writer had committed plagiarism, but as more and more people carefully compared the two articles, everyone determined that Guo Jingming was plagiarizing.
This matter soon reached Zhuang Yu's ears, and when Zhuang Yu looked on the Internet, it turned out to be all information that his book had been plagiarized.
She was very angry and immediately found a lawyer, wrote a pleading, and took Guo Jingming to court.
I have to say that Guo Jingming is a very shrewd person, and when the court collected evidence, he found that Guo Jingming actually broke all the details of "Inside and Outside the Circle", and then put it in his novel, which led to although the plot is similar, it seems that it is not related.
Coupled with Guo's comprehensive denial, the prosecution became extremely difficult.
In addition, Zhuang Yu himself was a small writer, and Guo Jingming was already very famous at that time, so the outcome of this lawsuit became more confusing.
At that time, in order to exonerate himself, Guo Jingming participated in interviews everywhere, and then constantly "sold misery" in interviews to win the sympathy of the public.
Those netizens who had not paid attention to this matter were naturally instigated by him and turned to attack Zhuang Yu, saying that what she did was just using the hype of Guo Jingming's popularity.
Zhuang Yu also did not expect that he was obviously a victim of plagiarism, how could he fall into the Internet explosion now.
She herself was already so tired that she thought about giving up.
But after many thoughts, Zhuang Yu is still unwilling, and the works she has worked hard to write cannot become a machine for others to collect money.
Therefore, when she faced these accusations and abuse, she did not choose to retreat, her heart was more determined, and she must return justice to herself by the law.
In December 2004, this "plagiarism storm" that had lasted for a year finally came to an end.
The court ruled that Guo Jingming's "How Much Flowers Fall in Dreams" constituted an act of plagiarism of Zhuang Yu's "Inside and Outside the Circle".
Therefore, Guo Jingming was sentenced to compensate Zhuang Yu for her losses and apologize to her for his actions.
However, Guo Jingming ran away directly after paying the fine, and he did not admit his crime at all.
When others asked, he never mentioned plagiarism, and even still appeared in front of the public, continuing to write books, publish books, and participate in interview programs.
Because he knows in his heart that once he admits his mistake, it will be very detrimental to his future development, as long as he is vague in the past, time will always forget everything.
However, how can the plagiarism pass so quickly, after he was hammered, the past plagiarism history was also picked up by netizens.
"Phantom City" is actually a copy of "Holy Legend"; "Jue Ji" copied "fate", so he is simply a habitual plagiarist, but he only copied foreign works in the past, and he was not caught!
——Career change director——
Guo Jingming, who knew that he needed to rest in the field of writers for a while, was still unwilling to give up his career development.
So he set his sights on the entertainment industry with the fastest money.
He set up his own studio and began to turn into a director, adapting his novels into films for broadcasting.
He set his sights first on his highest-selling work: the Small Times series.
As a work he used to test the waters, although "Small Times" 1 received mixed reviews after its release, it allowed him, who invested 40 million yuan, to get a box office report of 400 million.
Guo Jingming tasted the sweetness of being a director and began to concentrate on this road.
He quickly set up the next "Small Times" 234 project and smoothly moved it to the cinema screen.
Although these four are known as the "dog blood quadrilogy", they have also brought a lot of benefits to Guo Jingming.
After that, he struck while the iron was hot and filmed another of his works: "The Trail of Jue".
And the broadcast of "Jue Ji" pushed him to the top, and since then, he is no longer the writer Guo Jingming, he has become a well-known "Guo Director" in the industry.
In the years that followed, he shot a number of more works, including movies and TV series.
Although the ratings after the broadcast are average, the exquisite picture also made many viewers sigh.
It can be said that Guo Jingming's transformation has been very successful.
- Exposure scandal -
In 2017, a writer named Li Feng posted an article on social platforms accusing Guo Jingming.
This article went so far as to bluntly say that Guo Jingming had "lewd" behavior towards him!
This accusation caused an uproar among netizens, but they did not expect that Guo Jingming's small body could still have such great energy.
After Guo Jingming learned of this, he quickly filed a lawsuit against Li Feng, but no one expected that his second appeal would be directly rejected by the court.
At this moment, Guo Jingming, who had no way to prove his innocence, became a rat that everyone shouted at.
Some of his past has also been picked up by netizens.
I really don't know if I don't look, and I'm shocked when I look at it.
Although netizens did not find his intimate past with Li Feng, they found many "ambiguous" plots between him and a certain male star.
It turns out that since Chen Xuedong's debut, a total of 18 works have been filmed, but among these works, there are 16, all of which are closely related to Guo Jingming.
It can even be said that Chen Xuedong was held by Guo Jingming.
Moreover, on the day Li Feng broke the news, Guo Jingming was still celebrating Chen Xuedong's birthday at home, and the two were very close and had an ambiguous relationship.
And in the face of these public opinions, Guo Jingming once again chose stealth, just like last time, wait until the limelight has passed, and then come out.
——Apologies for belated——
In 2020, Guo Jingming's new movie "Qingya Collection" was released, and in order to be able to create momentum for his own film, Guo Jingming reappeared and participated in many variety shows.
At that time, he accepted the invitation and appeared on the stage of "Actors Please Take Position", in this show, he was ashamed to share his success and show off to everyone that the high score of 9.2 in "Qingya Collection" was high.
It's just that a person with a bad record like him, so proud, is naturally boycotted by many people in the industry, and many people say: plagiarist like Guo Jingming should not be a role model. “
Immediately, his works were tragically removed from the shelves, and there was no longer a figure of "Qingya Collection" in the cinema.
In order to save himself and the reputation of the movie, Guo Jingming was 15 years late and finally publicly apologized to Zhuang Yu on his social account.
It's just that this apology doesn't seem to be sincere, he can hide a lot of traps.
In his article, he portrayed himself as a young and ignorant teenager, and also "threatened" Zhuang Yu to donate the proceeds of his plagiarism if he refused to accept an apology.
Zhuang Yu was sober and very upright, and in the face of Guo Jingming's apology, she only announced that she would add up all the profits of the two people and create an "anti-plagiarism foundation".
At this time, Guo Jingming had also fallen into public opinion, and he had to cooperate with Zhuang Yu's actions.
His apology is undoubtedly to be able to save his reputation, but netizens are not stupid, and they will not forgive his mistake just because of a belated apology.
Until this year, Guo Jingming returned to the entertainment industry with his work "Cloud Feather" again, and I will wait and see how it ends up waiting for him this time.
——Conclusion——
In the past, Guo Jingming, who relied entirely on writing to eat, naturally had some strength in his body.
It's just a pity that after tasting the sweetness, he only cares about money, forgets his original intention, and frequently makes the wrong choice of "plagiarism".
In the long run, his reputation was finally ruined.
He is a director without excellent works, and he is a writer without morality.
Now he has long lost his former demeanor, and what remains is just an unscrupulous businessman.
It's just that if he continues to go like this, then what awaits him is only the end of being ruined and spurned by everyone.