Li Chuan entered the conference room and pointed directly at Shi Qian, saying, "It's him! I saw him bribe the security guards to sneak into the Music Association in the middle of the night. Now I don't know which judge he's hooked up with, trying to disrupt the fairness of the assessment!"
Shi Qian and several judges were looking down at the candidates' information when they were startled by the sudden sound of the door opening and the accusations. They all looked up and stared at the doorway.
Li Chuan didn't expect there to be more than two people in the room, but he only paused for a moment before quickly walking up to Shi Qian and complaining to Gao Zhicai who was following behind.
"This is the guy. He's a student at our school, not a member of the music association at all. Yet he's openly sitting in the judges' lounge. I suspect there's some kind of shady deal going on between them!"
Li Chuan was already extremely anxious. If he paid close attention, he would have noticed that Shi Qian was sitting in the main seat.
"President Gao, you must handle this seriously!"
This was the first time Ding Tai had seen Shi Qian in person. He had only seen photos taken by Li Chuan before, and he didn't expect her to be so much more beautiful in person than in the photos.
If he could get his hands on such a beauty, he would have no regrets in this life.
However, the atmosphere in the meeting room was not quite what he had imagined. Everyone was sitting properly, and there was no hint of ambiguity.
Shi Qian's reaction was different from what he had expected; his expression was indifferent, showing no sign of panic whatsoever.
However, he had never met Shi Qian before. Ding Tai had an excellent memory; he remembered every member of the Music Association, even if he had only met them once. This was indeed the first time he had met Shi Qian.
Moreover, he knew the examiners for this assessment; the results of the selection a month ago had already been publicly announced internally, and these were the people sitting in the meeting room.
Shi Qian sitting here is too out of place.
Ding Tai didn't even consider the possibility that Shi Qian was one of the judges, because Shi Qian was just too young, and no one would think that he was qualified to be a judge.
Regardless of the circumstances, it's suspicious that an outsider has infiltrated the music association and is sitting openly with the examiners today.
The judges sitting in the conference room all recognized Gao Zhicai and stood up politely to greet him: "Chairman Gao."
Gao Zhicai nodded, walked to the sofa next to the conference room, sat down, and asked, "What's going on with this student?"
Gao Zhicai had just returned from his business trip, and Yuan Dong had personally taken Shi Qian to handle all the formalities, so naturally he didn't recognize him.
Seeing that there were outsiders in the meeting room, and remembering Chairman Yuan's special instructions to keep Shi Qian's identity a secret, the judges dared not speak.
Ding Tai frowned as he looked at Shi Qian, who was still sitting in his seat, clearly dissatisfied with Shi Qian's attitude.
The vice president of the music association was sitting right there, and everyone else stood up, but Shi Qian remained unmoved.
When a normal person hears the title of vice president, who wouldn't rush over to curry favor? How could someone like Shi Qian, who doesn't understand the situation, exist?
As expected, this student is an outsider who knows nothing. He probably doesn't know what the Music Association is. I've heard Li Chuan mention it before. This student is from the countryside, so he probably didn't even know what the Music Association was before.
It's a waste of such a pretty face; it turns out the person is stupid. Well, if they weren't stupid, why would they try to bribe the judges with their looks and disrupt the assessment?
"Excuse me, come here for a moment, we have something to ask you."
"This is President Gao of the Music Association. We received information that there was cheating in this year's Music Association assessment, so we came to find out what happened."
"I've never seen you before. You're not a member of our music association, are you? How did you get in?"
"Don't you know that our music association has a rule that outsiders are not allowed to enter at will? I don't care who you've hooked up with or what your relationship is with, none of that is a reason for you to be here."
Ding Tai glanced at the judges standing there. Although some of them were more senior than him, he didn't need to pay them any attention because he was Gao Zhicai's favorite.
He didn't know which person was involved with Shi Qian, so he asked Li Chuan, who was standing to the side, "Which judge did you see bring them in?"
Li Chuan knew that the five people standing in front of him were the examiners who would decide his fate. He was a little scared, but he had already come this far and could not back down.
He pointed to the bespectacled man standing to Shi Qian's left.
"It's him."
Ding Tai looked in the direction Li Chuan was pointing at and frowned.
He recognized the man; he was Kong Chuanbai, a senior member who joined at the same time as him. Kong Chuanbai's family was quite wealthy, but he was inflexible and didn't know how to adapt. Ding Tai had asked him to help out with a project before, but Kong Chuanbai refused.
I never expected that she would be messing around with young boys behind the scenes, and she was so lucky to have gotten someone like Shi Qian.
Ding Tai, somewhat jealous, asked in an unfriendly tone, "Kong Chuanbai, what's going on with you right now? Is it true that someone reported you were bribed during this assessment?"
"Didn't you used to be so law-abiding, not giving any leeway? You kept bringing up the Music Association's regulations, the Music Association's regulations, and now you're breaking them yourself?"
"I didn't," Kong Chuanbai denied.
"You still won't admit it, but someone saw you behaving intimately with that student. How do you explain that?"
Kong Chuanbai has been a member of the Yancheng Music Association for ten years. During these ten years, he has worked diligently and never overstepped any boundaries. This time, he was selected as an examiner, and the others unanimously recommended him to be the person in charge.
He was very proper throughout the entire assessment process, following the procedures exactly.
This was only the second time he had met Shi Qian today, and he didn't know where Ding Tai got the conclusion that the two were behaving intimately.
However, ever since he refused to do him any favors, Ding Tai has been picking on him. Kong Chuanbai doesn't know if today's incident is aimed at him or at Shi Qian.
If Chairman Yuan hadn't specifically instructed him not to tell anyone Shi Qian's identity, he would have revealed it directly.
"I didn't," Kong Chuanbai denied.
"Come on, Li Chuan, tell me what you saw."
Seeing that Kong Chuanbai refused to admit it, Ding Tai asked Li Chuan to recount the scene he had witnessed.
"I saw this teacher bring Shi Qian in today. The two of them were very close, and the teacher took Shi Qian directly into the conference room."
Ding Tai recalled the photo of the luxury car that Li Chuan had secretly taken of him. He remembered that Kong Chuanbo seemed to have a similar car, but not the same color. Could it be that he bought the same model and was driving it in rotation?
Moreover, Li Chuan said that he drove to Taoyuan Mansion, and Ding Tai remembered that Kong Chuanbai lived there.
"And a while ago, didn't you violate the quarantine regulations by leaving the Music Association one night? And then you went back to your residence at Taoyuan Mansion?"
"Li Chuan, find the photo."
Li Chuan hurriedly opened his phone and pulled out photos from his album. Ding Tai picked up the phone, shoved it in front of Kong Chuanbai, and asked, "Is this your car? Were you the person that night?"
Kong Chuanbo glanced at the photo; it was the same model as his car, but it wasn't his.
"No," Kong Chuanbai denied again.
"you……"
"alright!"
Ding Tai was about to say something when he was suddenly interrupted.
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