Chapter 95

unedited

Bronze Sparrow Terrace

joined the online voice acting circle two years ago, so in theory, he should be calling Qi Jing his senior.

He started off starring in a lot of romance dramas only to slowly start mixing with the BL drama circle half a year later, gaining a ma.s.sive recognition as an emperor gong voice that used to be very popular at that time. With his superior voice and the commercial advertis.e.m.e.nt voice acting background, his road to fame could be summed up as smooth-sailing.

He liked interacting with fans, did a lot of karaoke, took part in numerous interviews, and starred in many events as a surprise guest and so on.

He liked to send photos on Weibo and even though he never revealed his face, it was easy to take a glimpse into his bourgeois-flavoured private life.

Among all of this, he also liked to crack ambiguous jokes with other VAs.

Yet ever since he got his official CP with

Crossing the bridge noodles

, almost all of

Bronze Sparrow Terrace

s ambiguous jokes were targeted at

Noodles

. It was always

Noodles

this,

Noodles

that, and he would often act like his boyfriend in the presence of other people, getting praised as the good little top doting on his sweet little bottom, making his popularity soar even higher.

As a great G.o.d, one with a CP to boot, the current

Bronze Sparrow Terrace

s fame could be said to be at its peak.

Thats why every negative rumour regarding him was always made up out of jealousyat least thats what his fans kept saying.

And thats also why, it wasnt weird for the t.i.tle Great G.o.d really is so unlucky to meet such an ungrateful wretch regarding the incident during Emperor Chang audition to appear in the forum.

The original poster took on the ID of

Lord Truth

.

Having worked in the news for so many years, Qi Jing already knew that the words of those who flaunted themselves as something like

Lord Truth

would fairly often not so close to the truth itself; some would just deliberately confuse the facts with lies under the sign of preaching the truthjust like the one right there.

The Great G.o.d from the t.i.tle obviously referred to

Bronze Sparrow Terrace

.

Then, the ungrateful wretch would no doubt be him. But Qi Jing remained level-headed regardless, scrolling all the way down without batting an eyelid.

OP

I believe that everyone who listened to the audition for Emperor Chang during the yesterdays Order to End the Heavens voice acting compet.i.tion Thats right, Im talking about Dont ask for my return date accusing Bronze Sparrow Terrace of copying him!

I cant comprehend how this many people got misled along with the judge, Longbowwithout knowing anything and just listening to the rumours they all followed the mob to criticise Bronze Sparrow Terrace, even though the truth behind this matter is clearly different!

First of all, according to a certain insider, Bronze Sparrow Terrace and Dont ask for my return dates relations.h.i.+p became really good in private after working together for the Trap, they even met each other IRL (Bronze Sparrow Terrace had previously invited him over on Weibo, those who dont believe, you can go and search back for that post).

Next, they also used to exchange ideas about voice acting before. Because Dont ask for my return date didnt have faith in his understanding of the characters, he would ask his seniors about tips on voice acting. Even knowing that they both compete for the same character, Bronze Sparrow Terrace actually readily agreed to help him, a.n.a.lysing the characteristic points of Emperor Chang for him and how to portray his emotions. But who would have thought that Dont ask for my return date had planned it all beforehands! Because he got lucky and got to perform earlier, he copied everything Great G.o.d taught him and presented it first as his own interpretationthis sort of behaviour is just too shameless!

Thirdly, regarding those ridiculous accusations that it was Bronze Sparrow Terrace that plagiarised, not Dont ask for my return datejust think of it, if the result of your own sweat and blood got plagiarised by someone and that person was someone you used to trust and work together with, wouldnt you get agitated? There was no way for Bronze Sparrow Terrace to get himself together in such a short notice to finish the performance perfectly. At that time, it was clear to see that he suffered a shock from this, so he couldnt perform properly, thats why he got conferred the t.i.tle of a copycat Really, this injustice makes me too angry to speak!

Dont ask for my return date, if youre still a man, if you still have at least a slither of respect for the voice acting, then I dare you to stand up and admit your wrongdoings, apologise to all those you cheated and harmed!

Karma will always get to those who deserve retribution.

You brought it upon yourself. Dont wait too long to reap what youve sown only to regret it later!

Karma will always get to those who deserve retribution You brought it upon yourself. Qi Jing read it loud, but he didnt laugh. Well said.

It wasnt rare for the comments that confused right and wrong like this to appear on the forums, but for them to be worded this self-righteously, it was quite uncommon.

And thats also because it was quite uncommon for someone to be this shameless

Qi Jing had to admit, the author of this post made their logic very clear, listing each of the so-called truths in order with much persuasion. The wors.h.i.+ppers of the Great G.o.d who werent aware of the reality would easily lean towards his side of the argument and regard

Return Date

as a thankless b.a.s.t.a.r.d.

As expected, a lot of people who hadnt listened to the compet.i.tion already expressed their sympathy towards

Bronze Sparrow Terrace

under the post, showing their contempt for Qi Jing along the waya couple of whom were his ex-fans.

comment 17

Originally, I used to look forward to the second episode of the Trap audio drama Now I feel so weird about it. I have heard before that fame makes people change, thats normal. But for someone who had just borrowed some of the Great G.o.ds popularity to exploit him later

after having gained some popularity in return, and to cheat during the so-called professional voice acting compet.i.tion, he really left me completely disappointed!!

From today on, I officially stopped to wait for the rest of Trap

Great G.o.d, good luck! Theres many others you can work with, so just move on after teaching this ungrateful b.a.s.t.a.r.d a lesson~

comment 24

/o/ I feel so depressed now as an ex-fan of Dont ask for my return date I started to like him since I listened to Trap and intended to slowly go through his past works, but I didnt expect something like this to happen. I also remember that post

Bronze Sparrow Terrace

made on Weibo to invite him that the OP mentioned, I didnt expect them to be on such good terms in private. And he could even treat his friend like a stepping stone like this I already got shocked speechless by the content of this post, it feels as if my whole worldview crumbled *flops*

To h.e.l.l with that, either way Ill continue to follow other VA *sobs*

comment 33

Rising hand, I listened to the whole audition, including the judges feedback section. I was so let down and in such disbelief that Bronze Sparrow Terrace could possibly copy Dont ask for my return date, but now that I found this post today, I suddenly got this kind of so thats how it was eureka moment.

To be honest, I was so sceptical towards the idea of Bronze Sparrow Terraces skills being inferior to Dont ask for my return date and him plagiarising. After seeing the OP reveal the truth, I now think thats how it actually wasafter all, a great G.o.d is a G.o.d, how could he possibly use such low means? And looking at that this way, a lot of unclarities get much easier to explain. I couldnt tell that Dont ask for my return date was such an ungrateful scoundrel; I really waited for the rest of Trap for nothing.

Just as a lot of girls from the previous comments have said, I think that the production team should maybe consider replacing him? To cause such a big drama, I guess that using this sort of guy, it wouldnt do any good for the production teams good name?

Seeing those comments one after another, Qi Jing took a deep breath, leaning back on the chair. The production teams good name, huh

This one was th.o.r.n.y. With this one, the scale of the problem was completely different compared to playing big or ambiguous To be fair, the staff members of Trap had probably already seen this post. It was almost impossible to make them ignore the online rumours completely and continue working on this audio drama with no pressure, not to mention the audience that just wouldnt buy the finished audio drama.

From what he knew, neither of the core staff members: the producer

Rouge Flower

, the director

Knives cutting in from four corners

or the script-writer

Puppet Show

listened to the Order to End the Heavens compet.i.tion, but under the pressure of the public discourse, they have probably already searched for the recording by that time.

As for who would they believe after listening to it, it was still a mystery. But the crucial part of the staff,

A Lifetimes Lock

was

Bronze Sparrow Terrace

s trusted supporter, plus it was

Bronze Sparrow Terrace

who had more influence in the online voice acting circle After weighting pros and cons, it was quite easy to guess who would get sacrificed in the end.

Qi Jing laughed bitterly. If I really make my apology this evening, then the production team would probably have it even harder.

Leaning back on the chair, he stayed still for a few minutes before managing to get himself together and opening the production teams group chat. Just as he expected, ever since yesterday night, the chat log was full of tension.

Producer Rouge Flower

:

Producer Rouge Flower

: I, I finished reading that post

Producer Rouge Flower

: TAT Is that true? It cant be I always thought that Return Date-sama wouldnt be the kind of person that would do things like this

Sound designer A Lifetimes Lock

: () You can think that you know a person, but you will never know their heart.

Producer Rouge Flower

: Locky, dont say things like that, please TAT

Sound designer A Lifetimes Lock

: () Either way, yesterday he had already agreed to make a public apology tonight.

Xiao Qiao of Bronze Sparrow Terraces harem

: Thats right, thats right!! He really is too much. I already thought something was fishy yesterday, but with the truth coming to light today, it finally got through to me how obnoxious he is!! He hurt Bronze Sparrow so much that the other girls from the group chat are all crying themselves silly and now, when we all realised that he was the one doing shady business behind the scenes, we got even more furious!!

Da Qiao of Bronze Sparrow Terraces harem

: -.- Either he apologises, or I will convince Bronze Sparrow to leave this team, your choice.

Director Knives cutting from four corners

:

Script-writer

Puppet Show

: Girls, please, dont get so agitated, if theres a problem then lets talk it out _(:)_

Fortunately it was a Friday, so the couple of core staff members were all online at this time.

Qi Jing just chose three accounts from the chat members list, DMing all of them, each with the same messageIs it convenient to make a separate group chat now? Theres some stuff I want to make clear.

After a short while, the three of the staff covertly created a temporary group chat and upon seeing them, they couldnt stop spamming the crying emoticons.

Rouge Flower

: /(o)/ Return Date-sama

Puppet Show

: /(o)/ Lord Return Date

Knives cutting from four corners

: Return Date Are you alright?

Dont ask for my return date:

Im actually quite fine, thank you. ^^

Looking at this, at least the att.i.tudes of the three of them still appeared rather usual, none of them showed any negativity.

Qi Jing smiled faintly before the screen.

But the following silence made the atmosphere within the chat a bit awkward. Although it couldnt be said that they were now cold towards him, after that post and the raucous made by

Bronze Sparrow Terrace

s friends, to say that there was not a single change in their hearts, it would probably be impossible.

Dont ask for my return date

: I think that you should probably have already heard the rumours regarding my and great G.o.ds Bronze Sparrow Terraces conflict.

Rouge Flower

: Yes, is that true (

pointing fingers

)

Puppet Show

:

Knives cutting from four corners

:

Dont ask for my return date

: We are indeed in a conflict. But, its not like how it was described in that so-called truth post. Aside from this audio drama, me and great G.o.d had no private contact between us, not to mention me asking him for guidance in interpreting a character only to plagiarise him later.

Rouge Flower

: I also dont want to believe that you would plagiarise him or anything, but at the same time, I also cant believe that he would plagiarise you as well. Maybe there was some misunderstanding?

Dont ask for my return date

: Ms Rouge, if thats not a misunderstanding then what would you do?

Rouge Flower

: TAT I dont know

Puppet Show

: When yesterday, Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao, and our sound designer came to criticise you, I still didnt know what had happened because I wasnt really that interested in listening to that compet.i.tion when it was streamed on YY. After I read that post, I got scared silly and knowing that the things looked bad, I finally went to listen to it Honestly, Im more inclined to believe you!! But I dont know what I should do!! (clutches head)

Knives cutting from four corners

: These days Im pretty busy IRL, so I havent listened to anything on YY for so, so long. I also dont browse the forum as much anymore, so it was my friend who told me about this drama, quickly calling me to come and take a look.

Dont ask for my return date

: Mn I know, this happened so suddenly, so I can understand that you had no way to prepare yourselves mentally.

Knives cutting from four corners

: Hehe Return Date, if were talking about mental preparations and whatsoever then Ive already done that before the release of the first episode.

The directors words surprised the remaining three people in the group.

Rouge Flower

s and

Puppet Show

s surprise was out of genuine shock, but Qi Jings surprise was streaked with a little bit of curiosity.

Dont ask for my return date

: Oh? What kind of mental preparation was that?

Knives cutting from four corners

: Return Date, although Im too careless and obtuse to the core, but I still believe that I have an eye for people.

Dont ask for my return date

: ^^

Knives cutting from four corners

: Either way its just us in this chat, so I can be bold enough to say thisI actually didnt take a liking to the great G.o.d Bronze Sparrow Terrace, and as for those harem members, friends, and fans of his, I always saw them as the insensible little girls, thats all. But as for the person himself, Im not afraid to be hated for saying this, but his att.i.tude towards voice acting is really bad.

Puppet Show

: Mn

Rouge Flower

: Its my fault, it was me who invited him for the main role first

Knives cutting from four corners

: Its no ones fault, Rouge, you also dont have to blame yourself over it, after all, as a director you have the right to choose the candidates. Indeed, inviting the great G.o.d for one of the main characters brought us a great deal of celebrity effect, everyone can clearly see the amount of followers and support we gained this way. And Im very thankful for thatbut that doesnt mean that I can tolerate his fans continuously belittling Return Date.

Knives cutting from four corners

: You all remember how it went during the runthrough for the first episode, right? Return Date is clearly the type of VA who faithfully follows the original work, but he had to yield to Bronze Sparrow Terrace continuously, only to get cursed out by the fans of the novel in the end. Were responsible for that as well, but for the most important part, it was the great G.o.d who selfishly made his own changes to the character.

Knives cutting from four corners

: At that time, I had an inkling that the day would come when a conflict would arise in our team, especially between the actors for our two main roles. And in the end, this day really arrived

With the conversation coming to this point, Qi Jing finally smiled knowingly.

This inkling

Knives cutting from four corners

was talking about, he also felt it a long, long time agoits just, he always believed that backing off would solve any possible conflicts. All of the past actions of

Bronze Sparrow Terrace

only made him unhappy at most, but it never came to the point of him getting angry, so he just rolled with it.

As a voice actor and a part of the production team, he had a duty of protecting the harmony within their crew.

But since

Bronze Sparrow Terrace

decided to go break the pretence of peace himself and with the falling out bound to happen, then he didnt have to put up with that anymore

Dont ask for my return date

: I dont know how much you believe me, but my conscience is clear, and I decided to settle this matter in my way.

Knives cutting from four corners

: I believe you completely, so go ahead and handle it as you wish.

3)

Puppet Show

: I Ill still choose to believe you, Return Date-sama. But you really intend to go and apologise to them? I dont know if thats the best way to settle it. /(o)/~~

Rouge Flower

: I really need to calm down, I cant, my heart hurts so much Im about to cry TAT

Dont ask for my return date

: Pats for Ms Rouge. Honestly, its the most difficult for you, the producer, so no need to force yourself. This audio drama is your child, so I can understand that you wouldnt want this kind of accident to happen, but unfortunately it has already happened With how that kind of post got dropped now, I also have to respond to this matter.

Knives cutting from four corners

: WAIT!! I agree to what Pupped has just said, dont you do anything stupid and dont you dare to apologise!!

Dont ask for my return date

: I said that Ill apologise, but it wont be the real apology. ^^

Knives cutting from four corners

: Oh??

Dont ask for my return date

: If you have time during tonights Qin Tuo audition, then come and listen to itI will officially make an apology to him there. The reason why I gathered you three here is to say hi to you in advance So that you wont be completely without any mental preparation.

Puppet Show

: ( ) Mental preparation??

Knives cutting from four corners

:

( ) Return Date, what the h.e.l.l are you doing!!

Rouge Flower

: Return Date-sama, are, are you

Thats right, Qi Jing said, his expression composed as he typed his words on the keyboard, I will lay my cards on the table with him, on the precondition of leaving the Trap production team.

Without waiting for them to wake up from the shock, he hesitated, then changed his words.

No, on the precondition of me leaving the circle

T/N:

Lucilla: Qi Jing dropping the bomb so suddenlysavage, but at this point he has all the right to be like this. But d.a.m.n, that post I swear, Ive seen its kind all around the internet ;;;