Mu Ziyue, on the outskirts of the crowd, almost rushed forward. She originally thought that Ding Muyun had helped her out of good intentions.
But now she realized that Ding Muyun had ulterior motives!
All those things about helping her meet various media and liking Lu Xue's works so as to offer help were nothing but lies!
Mu Ziyue tried to push through the crowd to drag Ding Muyun out, but with people coming and going, she couldn't make her way through.
Mu Yuze also rushed to the scene in a hurry. He casually grabbed Mu Ziyue back and started to speak.
"Don't go. If you confront Ding Muyun now, the media might take it as evidence of your guilt."
Mu Ziyue turned to him and retorted, "Then what should we do now? Are we just going to let her slander us here? You don't even know what she said just now!"
Mu Yuze told a few of his men to maintain order at the scene immediately, while he grabbed Mu Ziyue and whispered,
"Don't worry. Everything will come to light."
At this time, the paintings that Lu Xue was going to exhibit were projected onto the big screen. Ding Muyun walked onto the stage confidently.
Facing everyone's gazes, she opened her laptop and projected the screenshots of the works she had taken from foreign websites onto the big screen through the projector.
She said, "Everyone, take a look at these paintings."
For a moment, the audience's attention was drawn. They compared these paintings back and forth.
Ding Muyun sneered and said, "You can see that these paintings are exactly the same. This is no longer imitation. It's blatant plagiarism, a shameless act of directly appropriating others' works!"
Lu Xue watched Ding Muyun's performance silently without saying a word.
The media below were taking pictures frantically, capturing close - ups of Ding Muyun and Lu Xue.
Many reporters asked, "Excuse me, Miss Lu Xue, do you have anything to explain?"
"Did you really plagiarize?"
Lu Xue shook her head slowly and said firmly, "Of course not."
The host had already stepped off the stage in a hurry. He walked up to the exhibition organizers and asked how to handle the situation.
Mu Yuze walked over and whispered something to the host. The host immediately nodded and squeezed through the crowd onto the stage.
"Everyone, be quiet! Everyone, be quiet!" The host began to restore order at the scene.
"Miss Ding, what's the name of this foreign artist you mentioned?"
Ding Muyun glanced at her computer screen and said, "It's LU."
The host nodded and announced to the crowd, "As you all know, LU is a very low - key artist. She rarely appears in the media, so there's very little information about her. In the past few years, foreign journalists have been trying to dig out information about her everywhere. Some people even suspected that she had gone on a world tour."
"Actually, I'd like to tell you that while everyone was speculating about her whereabouts, this artist had quietly returned to her home country and settled in a quiet village to start her new creations!"
At this point, everyone clearly sensed that there was some hidden meaning behind these words. Just as they were about to dig deeper, the host said enthusiastically,
"When LU became famous overnight at the Paris exhibition, it was Mr. Ada, a very authoritative figure in the industry, who presented the award to her! Today, we've invited Mr. Ada to our site. Let's warmly welcome Mr. Ada to the stage!"
Under everyone's surprised gazes, an old gentleman with graying beard but deep - set features walked onto the stage, accompanied by his translator.
After Mr. Ada came onto the stage, he gave Lu Xue a big hug.
Lu Xue also showed a bright smile and kissed Mr. Ada on the cheek affectionately.
When old friends met, the atmosphere on the stage was quite harmonious.
Even from a distance, one could feel the familiarity revealed by their body language.
Ding Muyun below didn't expect what the host was up to. She saw Mr. Ada introduce his past friendship with Lu Xue to the audience after hugging her, as well as his affirmation and support for Lu Xue's creations.
When the translator translated his words, everyone was a bit confused.
The host said enthusiastically, "Next, I'd like to announce that the exhibition of LU's new works is officially open! Everyone can enter the exhibition hall and visit actively! We also welcome free questions from the on - site audience. After that, everything will go on as usual. I hope everyone can forget the absurd little episode just now and focus on our artist's new works!"
The crowd immediately erupted in an uproar. Some people understood what the host meant and shouted loudly below,
"Do you mean that Miss Lu Xue is LU?"
The host nodded and replied, "Of course! As you can see, under each painting in our exhibition, the signature is LU. Miss Lu Xue has officially settled in the country and started new creations. All her future works will be promoted under both the names Lu Xue and LU!"