Screenwriter duo apologize for plagiarism
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Two prominent but controversial Chinese screenwriters apologized for plagiarism yesterday following years of denial and evasion, as pressure from peers to force them out of the entertainment industry boiled over.
Writer and director Guo Jingming posted his apology to novelist Zhuang Yu on microblogging site Weibo 15 years after a court found his blockbuster novel 鈥淣ever Flowers in Never Dream鈥 plagiarized from Zhuang鈥檚 novel 鈥淚n and Out of the Circle.鈥
Guo was ordered to pay 200,000 yuan (US$30,660) in damages to Zhuang and publicly apologize, which he refused to do until today.
鈥淚 chose to face my past mistakes, the harm I caused to Ms Zhuang and all the readers and partners that I failed,鈥 Guo said. 鈥淚 owe everyone an apology.鈥
Guo offered to give all proceeds from the sale of his novel to Zhuang as compensation.
Zhuang said she accepted the long-overdue apology and proposed to use the money to set up a fund helping victims of plagiarism.
Coincidentally, producer and screenwriter Yu Zheng was also contrite today, apologizing to Chiung Yao, the most popular Chinese romance novel writer whose works have been adapted to more than 100 TV dramas and movies.
鈥淭he Palace: The Lost Daughter,鈥 a TV drama Yu wrote, was found to have plagiarized from Chiung鈥檚 novel 鈥淧lum Blossom Branding鈥 in a 2014 court ruling.
鈥淚 overlooked that both you and the public need to see my sincerity through an open apology,鈥 Yu said on Weibo. 鈥淚 knew it was wrong, and it took me six years to face up to it.鈥
Yu said he would resign from his role on a variety TV show and focus on 鈥渃reating new works.鈥
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