Little Pink Starfish

But!
The reason a protagonist is a protagonist—even if he’s a stallion-type protagonist—is because his greatest trait is that he can survive anything like an unkillable cockroach, no matter how big the obstacle.
Just like now.

Plagiarism lawsuits aren’t easy to win, especially when the other party is anonymous. That gave the stallion male lead some wiggle room. Of course he flatly refused to admit it, and the drama production team couldn’t immediately nail him to the pillar of shame either.
After all, right now it was just a plagiarism scandal. The people who claimed to be publishing Jin Yong’s complete works—hadn’t actually published them yet, right?
So, everything was still undecided.

The stallion male lead was frantically arguing with the production team, while also desperately trying to trace the IP and find the person behind it—so he could kill them and clear his own name.
His manager, who was very capable, still seemed completely blind and kept trying every means to clean up the mess—because he too was bound to the stallion male lead by a contract.

Under such circumstances, Qiguan Rui made another move.
With his and Gu Bai’s typing speed, in just one day they completed the rest of the dozen-plus novels. And since Star Emperor Entertainment Group was a large company with its own publishing house, once Qiguan Rui gave the order as the boss, the entire publishing department sprang into action and, in record time, printed, published, and distributed everything!

Promotional campaigns flooded the city. Everyone was talking about the plagiarism scandal, fiercely condemning the stallion male lead for stealing the life’s work of a legendary elder.

The more fans once loved the stallion male lead, the more they now doubted and despised him. Countless readers turned from fans to bystanders, or even haters. Of course, there were still some readers of his previous webnovels who screamed that he should stop arguing and just keep updating—who cares about plagiarism? There were also “saint-type” fans who insisted he was just a kid pushed too hard by outsiders, that he made a mistake and should be allowed to correct it, that the pressure was too much, and that those who kicked him while he was down were just jealous. They still thought maybe Jin Yong’s so-called disciples weren’t necessarily good people either—hmph!

But also thanks to all this “publicity,” many people bought the full set of the Jin Yong novels.
Normally, publishing so many books at once isn’t good for sales, but since the author wasn’t in this world anymore, they didn’t care. And the wave of attention really boosted public interest—the books sold like crazy and became wildly popular.
Readers who’d stayed neutral, waiting to see which side was right, leaned toward Jin Yong’s side. The books showed clear growth, the ideas evolved noticeably. On the other hand, “This Life Is Glorious” had just chopped out a random mid-section—it lacked coherence…

Once the publisher released official donation proofs, with amounts, income breakdowns, and transparent financial reports for the charity fund, people believed the disciples even more!

Overbearing (psycho) CEO really was that effective.

Meanwhile, the drama team immediately filed a lawsuit! The court summons landed right in the stallion male lead’s hands! Star Emperor Entertainment, such a huge group, was now fully committed to tearing apart this so-called “internet god-author.”
The legal battle became… quite the spectacle.
Online and offline alike, it turned into a massive storm!

Naturally, someone soon discovered that the publisher of the allegedly plagiarized books was a Star Emperor subsidiary, so reporters swarmed in.
Their biggest curiosity: Who exactly were Jin Yong’s disciples?

Star Emperor’s PR team, which was top-tier, promptly held a press conference. They stated the group didn’t know the other party’s identity—that they had been extremely secretive—and they too would like to find out. If anyone could find them, they’d be just as eager to know…

So, with all that going on, Star Emperor pulled no punches, and the stallion male lead’s team collapsed like an avalanche.
Online, even if diehard fans kept supporting him, in the real-world lawsuit he still lost—because he had no proof that he had written those martial arts novels himself.

In the end, the stallion male lead had to hand over all the money he had previously earned to compensate the drama team.
Also, the actor he had recommended for the role of Guo Jing—someone from his own crew—was removed too.
Guo Jing’s role was reassigned to someone much more suitable—wait, why wasn’t it Gu Bai?

Of course, because!
How could Gu Bai go play a rugged man… And with his acting skill at zero, unless he were playing himself, there was no way he could pull off Guo Jing.
If the original Meng Chuan were still around, maybe he could have handled it.
But otherwise, forget it.

Back to the point.
Now the stallion male lead’s reputation was completely ruined.
And finally, tied together by contract, his manager came up with an idea.

That idea was—seriously—the worst.

Three days drunk, the stallion male lead finally swallowed his pride, took the last of his savings, and boarded a flight to South Korea…

Yes! You probably guessed what he went to do!
He went! To!
Get plastic surgery.

The stallion male lead revealed a twisted grin: I’ll be back!
The manager sighed deeply and began planning a full rebranding for his comeback—he still believed in the stallion male lead’s “talent.”

One month later.
The plagiarism scandal had cooled down, but the Jin Yong novel collection had drawn widespread attention and affection.
Star Emperor Entertainment bought all the copyrights, and the revenue from those rights was also put into the charity fund—with third-party oversight to ensure transparency.

Next, readers and fans began eagerly anticipating the upcoming wave of wuxia drama adaptations.
As for all of this—it had nothing to do with the stallion male lead anymore.

With that eyesore out of the way, Gu Bai began happily enjoying modern life with Qiguan Rui.
Of course, to make things even more comfortable, Qiguan Rui fully activated his CEO powers—not only did he reclaim all shares of Star Emperor and make it his one-man empire, he also expanded into other industries, building an entertainment empire!
Even in other fields—legal, underground, politics, military—he had his hooks in everything.

In just a short time, Qiguan Rui’s position became virtually unshakable!

Gu Bai had zero interest in any of it.
He always felt like something had gone terribly wrong when he originally designed this character.
The insecure psycho now seemed obsessed with hoarding power, nonstop. But Gu Bai also knew—if not for that, his own life probably wouldn’t be this easy now…
Looking back, that was a good call.
After all, the guy was his own “paper son” from the start!
Now that he thought about it—being a father figure… wasn’t so bad.

But Gu Bai’s peaceful days didn’t last long.

Just a few months later, on the online music platform under Qiguan Rui’s name, a certain song suddenly became wildly popular across the country!
The song… turned out to be a classical-style track that had never existed in this world!

—Well, “classical style” meaning, of course, Chinese style—infused with cultural roots and an ancient vibe.
Songs like that had once swept the entire country and were beloved by all.

This one, specifically?
It was called “Blue and White Porcelain”!
Blue and White Porcelain!
There was no Jay Chou in this world!!

If Gu Bai weren’t holding onto his poker face and constantly maintaining his [bleep]-level composure, he probably would’ve spat out his tea right then and there.

What the hell?! That damn stallion male lead showed up again?! Why won’t this guy give up?!
Doesn’t he know there’s already a confirmed transmigrator in this world? And he still dares to plagiarize?

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The truth was, Gu Bai didn’t understand—the stallion male lead still believed he was the favored child of the heavens.
He thought that since he had the golden finger and essentially owned the entertainment world, others should bow to him.
Plus, after reading that emotional “open letter,” he figured the other party must just be a diehard Jin Yong fan, not someone actually trying to oppose him.
In short, he simply refused to believe anyone would pass up such easy profits.

But…

This wasn’t about belief.
It was about Gu Bai being deeply irritated that the damn stallion male lead just wouldn’t stop clashing with him!

Yes, Gu Bai already hated plagiarism as a writer.
And now, seeing that the stallion male lead—despite repeated warnings—kept on plagiarizing books, and now even moved on to songs… That was just the last straw.

And if Gu Bai was unhappy, then Qiguan Rui was even more unhappy.
From tyrannical wu zun to tyrannical CEO—he was always tyrannical!

Very quickly, Gu Bai pulled up the stallion male lead’s current information.
That guy had… turned himself into a pretty boy.
Yup, even his plastic surgery was done to become more handsome!

A glint of cold light flashed through Gu Bai’s eyes.
Qiguan Rui rubbed his cheek affectionately and whispered, “Don’t be angry, gege…”

Immediately afterward, the Star Emperor Entertainment’s record label released an album.

Inside were more than ten Chinese-style tracks.

For example—East Wind Breaks, Fireworks Are Cold, Chrysanthemum Terrace, Drunken Red Cliff…

Basically, all the most famous, popular, beautiful Chinese-style songs—
Were all in there!