"Get out of the way. His parents are here, aren't they? I have to..."
If it had been before, the director might not have been able to do anything about her, but now it was different. The director sneered.
"What do you have to do? I warn you. If you want to bring trouble, get out of here. Don't make trouble in my place."
Melody was in a daze, looked at him in disbelief, and almost went mad from anger, "Okay. Okay. Heh, let me tell you, I won't star in this TV show anymore. I'll see what you can do."
The director was still expressionless, "I forgot to tell you that whether you want to star in it or not, you won't be the heroine of this show."
"... What do you mean?" She was startled.
"I meant that literally. You and your nephew don't need to come to the crew anymore. Ask your boss if you have any questions." The director waved his hand impatiently, not even bothering to look at her.
Although Melody had a good reputation, she couldn't have any further development. She had offended the Little Young Master of the Xaviers, so it was impossible for her to continue her career in this industry.
The next day.
As soon as Nora entered the company, she noticed that there was something wrong with the way people looked at her. In addition, there were also many people pointing at her and whispering about her.
"So she's the one who was discussed on the Internet. I really don't know how she got into the Xavier Group."
"Oh, it counts nothing of entering the company. I heard that this Nora is very close to our Mr. Xavier. Many people in our company know that. You are new here, so you haven't heard about it yet."
"Wow, she is capable. And she's indeed pretty. No wonder the boss likes her."
"Oh, what's the use of being pretty? She only has the attractive semblance. Look, it has been exposed that she actually plagiarized other's work in such a big competition, which is really disgraceful."
"That's right. Not only is she embarrassed this time, but the competition has a bad reputation abroad because there are foreign judges."
They didn't talk so loudly, and Nora didn't hear them all. But she was sure they were talking about her, and they didn't say any words of praise. She only heard some sensitive words like competition and plagiarism ocassionally.
She looked flustered, with her hands clenching and her face pale. An inexplicable sense of panic was spreading in her heart, and she immediately ran towards the Design Department.
At this moment, all the employees of the Design Department were gathered in front of a computer and looked at it. When they saw her, they immediately stopped talking and stared at her with malice.
Nora took a deep breath and strode into her office, turning on her computer. After she opened the computer, she almost didn't need to look into the truth, and many of the front pages of the browsing section had the same news.
She looked at the name of the competition that she was familiar with on the pages. She knew that today was the day when the rankings were declared. Moreover, she had heard the words along the way, so she had preliminary speculation in her heart.
After she opened the official website of the competition, the news that dominated the first place was a letter of criticism. The big word "plagiarism" behind her name deeply hurt her eyes.
There was a loud boom in her brain as if something had exploded. She was blank, staring blankly at the words on it.
Plagiarism? No, how could she plagiarize?
Nora's brain was in a daze, and her heart was almost suffocating. She bit her lip fiercely. The sharp pain made her sober a little. Her wrist trembled slightly, and she held the mouse tightly and slid it down little by little.
The rankings had been declared, but she wasn't on the list. What she was given was an article criticizing her for plagiarizing, saying that the manuscript she submitted was exactly the same as that of another contestant.
The judges referred to the time when two manuscripts were submitted, and the other contestant handed in the manuscript almost ten days earlier than Nora, so they decided that Nora was the copycat.
And the person she copied was actually the first winner. Nora looked at the name of the person on it.
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