Second Piano Concerto

"Hey, what are you doing?" Tan Shuo yelled, and followed Qin Haiou upstairs.

Qin Haiou pushed the door open and entered the room, then turned around.He was in a hurry to find it just now, his breath was unstable, he was still angry at Sun Chen, and his mood was unstable.In fact, before he had time to think about how to speak, he calmed down, and first handed the two pieces of music in his hand face up to Tan Shuo: "What's going on?"

Tan Shuo stood by the door with one hand still on the doorknob. When he saw the score in a blink of an eye, his whole body sank, the expression on his face disappeared, and he closed the door with his backhand indifferently, without reaching out to take it.

Qin Haiou thought that Tan Shuo would be surprised, or angry, or at least show some kind of emotion, but Tan Shuo didn't.He calmly walked past Qin Haiou, took out the cigarette case in his trouser pocket, and sat on the swivel chair.

"Didn't I tell you not to watch it?" Tan Shuo shook the cigarette case, took out a cigarette, and said with lowered eyes.

His tone was also very calm, without the slightest wave.Qin Haiou didn't expect him to say such a sentence, he didn't understand why he was so calm, and he didn't understand what his attitude meant, and he didn't want to waste time explaining how the manuscript was found, so he stepped forward and pointed to the score Question: "Sun Chen copied your work, why didn't you tell me?"

Tan Shuo paused for a moment, quickly lit the cigarette, but did not answer.

Qin Haiou was worried, and asked again: "He copied your work, why didn't you expose him?"

Tan Shuo slowly exhaled, still lowered his eyes, and said for a moment: "Is it useful?"

When he said these three words, it was equivalent to personally confirming the fact that Sun Chen plagiarized.Although Qin Haiou had already figured out the truth before he came here, he could no longer restrain his anger when he heard what Tan Shuo said, and retorted excitedly: "Why is it useless? He copied your work and used your work to Participating, winning, such a shameless person, why put up with him! Your work is yours, if he plagiarizes your work, he should pay for it!"

He finished speaking in one breath, still feeling angry, but Tan Shuo still didn't speak, just smoking a cigarette in silence.His indifferent attitude made Qin Haiou both puzzled and anxious. He paused and said, "Are you angry because of this, and that's why you came here? Is it because of this that you don't want to write any more piano works?" One thing? He deceived everyone with your work for ten years, why didn't you say anything? You locked yourself here, and you wrote your work without letting others know. Could it be possible to find "Xinghai" in this way? come back?!"

When he said this, Tan Shuo finally raised his eyes from behind the smoke, and said lightly: "Song of the Long Night has already been performed."

Qin Haiou was taken aback.Indeed, "Song of the Long Night" became known to the world through the composition competition, which is undoubtedly equivalent to a public release. If "Xinghai" has not been published before, then even if Tan Shuo has his own manuscript, he cannot take it as a full release. Confront Sun Chen with the evidence.Manuscripts can be forged, and Sun Chen can also produce the same manuscripts, and even the traces left in the creation process, such as drafts, records, etc., Sun Chen can also produce.

When Qin Haiou heard what Tan Shuo said, he knew that "Xinghai" had not been published before "Song of the Long Night".However, this does not mean that Tan Shuo has no way to prove Sun Chen's plagiarism.If the physical evidence is not sufficient, witnesses can be found.Qin Haiou immediately asked: "What about your classmates? What about your friends? Where about your teacher? They can always prove that you created "Xinghai"!"

"Sun Chen can also provide such witnesses," but Tan Shuo said calmly, "Besides, I wrote this work in my spare time, so no one knew about it."

"But if this is the case, how did Sun Chen know? How did he see your score? With this level of plagiarism, he can't just see the score, he must have copied your score!" Qin Haiou was puzzled , but he soon realized that Sun Chen was working as a teaching assistant in the composition department and had the opportunity to come into contact with Tan Shuo's works, but what exactly happened?

"Is there no one who can prove that "Xinghai" was created by you, and that Sun Chen once took your score?!" Qin Haiou didn't believe it. He didn't believe that under the circumstances at that time, no one could stand up and testify for Tan Shuo .Could it be that Sun Chen saw Tan Shuo's work in a place where no one was paying attention, and secretly copied a copy?Could it be that Tan Shuo showed Sun Chen privately, but Sun Chen plagiarized the work behind Tan Shuo's back and participated in the competition?

"There is no such person." Tan Shuo was silent for a long time, and whispered.

But Qin Haiou refused to give up.He had to figure out what was going on. There must be many details. If Tan Shuo could tell him in detail, he might be able to help Tan Shuo find a solution.He cannot tolerate this mistake going on. Tan Shuo's works must be returned to their original owners, and Sun Chen's shameless deeds must also be made public. A plagiarized work should not be passed on to the world, and an excellent composer should not So buried.Right and wrong must be distinguished. Apart from this, Qin Haiou cannot tolerate other possibilities.

"Tell me, how did Sun Chen see your work?" Qin Haiou asked Tan Shuo again.

Tan Shuo finally showed a trace of impatience on his face, and his tone was the same: "Is there any point in discussing these now?"

"Why doesn't it make sense?" Qin Haiou asked back, "Tell me, let's find a way together, I believe there will be a way!" Seeing that Tan Shuo didn't respond, he asked again, "Are you really going to give up your own? Is it a work? Do you just watch "Song of the Long Night" go on like this, do you plan to live like this for the rest of your life?!"

Tan Shuo stood up suddenly from the swivel chair, turned around and looked out the window, but he immediately took another puff of cigarette, exhaled the smoke, and waited quietly for the smoke to dissipate.When he turned around again, he had already recovered his indifference: "I don't think there's anything wrong with my current life." Then he comforted, "If "Xing Hai" is copied, it will be copied. I don't even get angry, what are you in a hurry for?"

Qin Haiou suddenly exploded, he felt that this person was simply unreasonable: "Why do you say that? Why don't you cherish your own works?! Sun Chen is obviously wrong, why should you tolerate him?! You can't do this, you It's not right to do that!"

Tan Shuo's face turned cold, his gaze was like a knife: "Then what is right?"

Qin Haiou said: "Expose the matter, return your work to you, and punish the plagiarists! You can't hide here, you can't ignore it, you have to face this matter!"

"What if I don't want to face it?" Tan Shuo said.

"You—" Qin Haiou couldn't bear it anymore, "You are running away!"

Tan Shuo threw his cigarette butt on the ground: "Are you fucking qualified to say me?!"

Qin Haiou opened his mouth, his face was pale, and the room was dead silent.

After a while, he felt a sharp pain in his heart.He couldn't believe that such hurtful words came from Tan Shuo's mouth.What made him speechless was that Tan Shuo was right.He did come to Longjin Town to escape.Since he made that decision, he has been avoiding it.He hid his former life, hid from everyone, and played the piano secretly in hiding.He doesn't want to face it, because he doesn't know how to face it.As such, he really has no right to criticize Tan Shuo.

But even so, the feeling of being stabbed still hasn't lessened.Why did Tan Shuo say that?Didn't he know that he was there to help him?

Qin Haiou gritted his teeth, the sting was followed by grievances, and grievances turned into anger in an instant.Even the moment when he just wanted to understand Sun Chen's plagiarism did not make him so angry.He clenched his fists, he wanted to beat Tan Shuo very much, if possible, he wanted to beat Tan Shuo now.

But Qin Haiou didn't do that.He stared at Tan Shuo, his chest heaving with rage, then he turned and opened the door and walked out.

The door slammed shut behind him.