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Harvey frowned from the judges' panel at the front.

Casey leaned over and asked, "Mr. Herty, what's wrong?"

Harvey sipped from his thermos and replied, "Don't you think the 49th piece sounds a little familiar?"

Having just listened to the 50th piece, Casey had already forgotten the melody of the 49th.

He had someone replay the 49th track and listen to it twice. It did sound somewhat familiar, but he couldn't quite place where he'd heard it before.

Casey pulled out his phone and checked the livestream to see what people were saying.

The comments were flooding in quickly, and sure enough, some sharp-eared viewers had noticed something.

[Doesn't the 49th piece sound very similar to that melody trending on Twitter a few days ago? Just slightly modified.]

[Wasn't that piece accused of plagiarism?]

[So, the composer of the 49th piece is plagiarizing too?]

The 49th contestant had cleverly modified the piece, but experts

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could still instantly recognize that it was the same melody.

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Casey whispered to Harvey, "The rule is that compositions must be completed within 48 hours. If someone uses an old piece to compete, does that count as breaking the rules?" Harvey nodded.

Casey asked, "What if it's plagiarism?"

Harvey's face turned cold. "That's simple, disqualify them immediately!"

Casey handed him his phone. "Take a look at this."

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Christine sneaked out of the makeup room.

She had heard from Rachel that the 50th piece had been composed by Meryl, and that made her uneasy.

If Meryl won or ranked higher than her in the competition, Christine, as the principal cellist, would become a laughingstock in the orchestra.

couldn't take

where

was the 49th contestant, and the

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Meryl's cello, she secretly used a blade

normal on the surface, but as soon as Meryl played, the string

would cause the instrument

the sabotage, Christine couldn't help but

imagined Meryl making a fool of herself on stage, with all the judges watching,

to see.

excited. She felt like she was eliminating

Christine had been locked in a holding cell for over half a month, becoming a joke o everyone. This, she thought, was

her curiously and asked, "What's got you in such

cameras in the makeup room, so they could

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just took care of something important. The goth piece you were worried about? It's no longer a

pretended not to understand, giving her a knowing look. "It's almost

half an hour for preparation; then, the performers took

attire, Meryl went to the instrument area to collect

her instrument before performing to make sure everything

cello down, one of the strings suddenly snapped without warning. The broken string

face changed, and she instinctively covered her

"Ouch..."

It hurt terribly.

the mirror, and there was a noticeable blood mark on

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a while, the

would slow the healing process. Instead, she let her hair down and brushed it to one side, covering the injury. After that, Meryl turned her

had replaced all the strings just a week before the

the break

from the bow's friction; it

her cello! They used something

By now, the 49th contestant

no time to think about who

member came over to remind her to prepare

Meryl's expression grew serious.

perfect, without the string, she

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she didn't know what

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