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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

storage area, where there was a staff member guarding

was the 49th contestant, and the

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pretended to get her instrument. But as she passed Meryl's cello, she secretly used

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

break immediately, it would cause the instrument to be out of

out the sabotage, Christine couldn't help but smile

making a fool of herself on stage, with all the judges watching, and it

to see.

thinking about it made Christine excited. She felt like

been locked in a holding cell for over half a month, becoming a joke o everyone.

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

were no cameras in the makeup room, so

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her guard up. "Nothing much. I just took care of something important. The goth

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

venue allowed half an hour for preparation; then, the performers

Meryl went to

her instrument before performing to make sure everything was in

to the makeup room and placed the cello down, one of the strings suddenly snapped without

she instinctively covered

"Ouch..."

It hurt terribly.

herself in the mirror, and there was a noticeable blood mark on the right side of

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held her face for a while,

to apply foundation on the wound, knowing it would slow the healing process. Instead, she let her hair down and brushed it

had replaced all the strings just a week before the competition,

carefully examined the break in the

bow's friction; it was a

with her cello! They used something to

the 49th contestant had already taken

time to think

over to remind her to

Meryl's expression grew serious.

her composition was perfect,

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