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Mr. Kimball was full of praise for her. “It’s a pity that your talent only bloomed today, Miss Cox. Do you want to debut? I know a lot of people in the music industry and can—”
“Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Kimball, but music isn’t my dream. It’s just my hobby,” Cate politely declined. “I usually have quite a lot going on and am too busy.”
President Lockhart laughed. “Mr. Kimball, you don’t know this, but Miss Cox is also a world-famous designer.”
“That’s a shame.” Mr. Kimball revealed a look of admiration.
At that moment, Joanne suddenly said, “Miss Cox, did you copy Cindy’s song? Your song is very similar to ‘Paradise of Dreams’, a famous song by Cindy.”
Everyone was shocked, and someone said, “Now that she mentioned it, it does seem to be a bit similar.”
“Miss Cox, you can’t have plagiarized it, right?” Charlie mocked with intent.
As soon as the statement was made, everyone’s eyes fell on Cate.
Cindy showed a tolerant and generous expression, saying, “Actually, it’s not true. If you listen carefully, the song that Cate composed has a lighter rhythm than my song, ‘Paradise of Dreams’. It has a different style too.”
Cate glanced at Cindy. Everyone could hear the hidden meaning in Cindy’s words. It was an indirect admission that Cate had copied Cindy, but only the style of the song was somewhat different. With the words she said, she portrayed herself as being very generous.
Sure enough, the next moment, Joanne said, “Miss Turner, you can be generous, but you shouldn’t promote plagiarism. If you change and rearrange a handful of foreign songs and say that you created the song yourself, wouldn’t it be too unfair to the original creators?”
Melanie also showed an embarrassed look. “Cate, although we’re all members of the Yule family, you can’t be unreasonable.”
Before Sarah could speak, everyone was already targeting Cate. Her heart was incredibly happy as she whispered in Shaun’s ears, “Shaun, did she really plagiarize?”
Shaun’s handsome face was extremely cold. No one could guess what he was thinking.
Rodney could not hold back and said, “It wasn’t completely plagiarized, but it’s at least 60% similar. It’s just as I said. She can’t compose. In the end, she still copied from Cindy. I really don’t know who gave her the guts to go up on stage and try to embarrass Cindy. Does she take everyone here as fools?”
Sarah was pleased as she listened. Although her expression was one of worry, her heart was elated.
In the face of all the accusations, Cate smiled and leisurely played another song that no one had ever heard before.
This song was more soothing.
However, her heavenly voice sang in a classical style.
When the song ended, she played yet another song.
These songs had different styles and no one had heard of them before.
After playing and singing, the crowd had odd expressions.
Cindy only felt the uneasiness in her heart grow stronger.
Joanne yelled, “Everyone is talking about your plagiarism. Why are you playing songs again? No matter how well you play, it can’t cover up the fact that you’ve plagiarized.”
Cate ignored her and looked at Mr. Kimball instead. “What do you think of the last two songs? Are they similar to any songs out there?”
Mr. Kimball shook his head. “They’re brand new songs.”
“Ms. Harlow, Mr. Campos, what do you think?” Cate looked at the people who had spoken out in the harshest manner before.
Charlie said coldly, “We were talking about your first song. Although the subsequent songs are unfamiliar, who can be sure that you aren’t just copying a foreign song?”
“That’s why I asked Mr. Kimball first. Do you think that Mr. Kimball would not be able to confirm this with his status?” Cate shot back calmly.
Mr. Kimball’s status in the music industry was respected. No matter how high Charlie’s position in the business world was, he did not dare to openly refute Mr. Kimball. Charlie fell silent.
Cate slowly stood up and shifted her beautiful eyes to Cindy. She suddenly smiled, asking, “What do you think, Cindy?”
Cindy was inexplicably perturbed by Cate’s expression. “You play very well. Keep up the good work.”
Cate let out a snort of laughter and narrowed her eyes with a smile. “Even now, you don’t want to explain why the first song was similar to your song, ‘Paradise of Dreams’? It’s because all the songs in the album ‘Paradise of Dreams’, whether the lyrics or compositions, were all written by me.”
With that declaration, the audience was in an uproar.
The crowd subconsciously cast their eyes to Chester. Everyone knew that Cindy was Chester’s girlfriend. He had been protecting her in the circle all these years, spoiling her in the palm of his hands.
For Cate to call Cindy out now, that was the same as slapping Chester’s face.
Chester lit a cigarette and frowned deeply.
Cindy was confused. “What are you saying?”
Rodney scolded immediately, “Cate Cox, I think you’ve really gone insane! Those songs were written by Cindy, not you! How shameless can you be?”
“Yeah, do you know how talented Cindy is? Why would she need you to write songs for her?” Joanne also yelled.
Cate ignored the accusations and said, “The first song in the album ‘Paradise of Dreams’, ‘Three Together’, was about Cindy, my, and another person’s friendship. We were good friends at that time. That year, Cindy’s dream was to be a singer, so I gave my best eight songs I composed to Cindy without a contract. Why did I play the last two songs earlier? Those two songs are my most recent compositions. I just wanted to show everyone my capability. I don’t have to plagiarize Cindy at all.”
Cindy’s face was pale, and she looked like she was about to cry. “Cate, is it because you want to be a singer? It’s okay, I can introduce musicians to you. You don’t have to step on my reputation.”
Cate smiled and did not even look at her. “Everyone, you don’t have to be in a rush to accuse me. Fortunately, my songbook is still around. Later, I’ll take pictures of it and post them on the internet. By the way, there are far more than eight songs in my songbook. There are 18 songs. Those who know music can enjoy them slowly. You can also come to me to buy the copyright for the rest of my songs, but I won’t be giving them away for free this time, since…”
After a pause, she stared at Cindy. “…some people aren’t grateful for things that have been given to them out of goodwill. There are many ungrateful people in the world.”
Cindy almost collapsed.
She knew full well who the composer of the songs was.
However, she had never cared about that.
It was because, at that time, Cate posed no threat to her. It was just a songbook, so everyone would just think that Cate was jealous of her.
However, now, with Cate’s position, was there a need for her to be jealous of Cindy? Cate was the princess of the Yule family, the family that owned the most land in the country. Coupled with her glory as a world-renowned designer, others would definitely believe in her words more.
Cate finished speaking and bowed. “I only played today to make the banquet more lively for Times Corporation, but I didn’t expect to cause so much trouble. My sincerest apologies, President Lockhart.”
“It’s okay, Miss. Cox. You played wonderfully, especially the last two songs. Many presidents from music companies are present tonight, so I believe that someone will approach you to purchase the copyrights soon.” President Lockhart was smart and had seen a lot of these kinds of things in the industry before. He originally had some appreciation for Cindy, but it was replaced with contempt now.
However, he still had to take into account Chester’s reputation. He said with a smile, “Everyone, help yourself to the food. You’ll only have the strength to listen to my speech on stage if you eat enough.”
The crowd slowly dispersed.
However, there were many people still discussing what had happened.