Chapter 100 The Hawn Group Copied L'amour Jewelry?
It was a thrilling moment as everyone in the room waited eagerly for the press conference to begin.
Nora walked to the center of the stage at a calm and confident pace.
"Good afternoon! Welcome to the launch of 'Ice and Fire' jewelry by the Hawn Group!" Nora cleared her throat and started the press conference.
The audience responded with thunderous applause. Looking at the woman on the stage, who was as elegant and noble as a queen, Brittany felt a sudden surge of strong jealousy.
Brittany had begged her brother to bring her to the Hawn Group's press conference today, just waiting to take on Nora at the celebratory party tonight.
"Nora, wait and see what will happen to you tonight!"
Nora continued, "'Ice and Fire' jewelry collection is a series of jewelry that we present especially for the third quarter, and its theme of 'Ice and Fire' is the main theme of this jewelry collection."
"Everyone must be curious about what 'Ice and Fire' is. Let's take a look at the promotional video and you will understand what it means."
Nora gestured to the staff to play the promo.
In the video, Nina, wearing a white dress and jewelry from the "Ice and Fire" series, walked slowly towards Julian with elegant strides.
In the beginning, the jewelry Nina was wearing sparkled with white light under the ivory-white light, which made her look like an elf of ice and snow, pure and lovely.
And then, the light suddenly turned into a warm light, and the jewelry on Nina started to change color as if by magic. It gradually transitioned from white to red and became like a blazing fire.
And at this moment, Nina seemed to have changed from a princess of ice and snow to an exalted queen of flames, passionate, enchanting, and dazzling.
Under the stage, the crowd was stunned by the shocking effect.
"It's so beautiful! It's stunning!"
But soon, someone said, "Isn't this ' Follow Your Heart'?"
Many people started whispering.
"Yes, isn't 'Follow Your Heart' the idea of L'amour Jewelry? Why did the Hawn Group use the design of L'amour Jewelry?"
"Could it be that the Hawn Group copied it?"
"No way… the Hawn Group copied L'amour Jewelry?"
After the promotional video, some reporters had already started asking questions, "Miss Smith, the 'Ice and Fire' jewelry collection is truly breathtaking, but... why is the design of the Hawn Group's 'Ice and Fire' so similar to L'amour Jewelry's 'Follow Your Heart'? Did the Hawn Group copy L'amour Jewelry?"
Nora glanced at the journalist coolly. The reporter was a young woman in her early twenties.
The Hawn Group's new product release press conference was such an important occasion that the media were supposed to send senior reporters, but this one was so young that there must be something fishy behind it.
It was likely to be related to L'amour Jewelry.
In the face of the challenge, Nora smiled calmly, "Madam, please be careful with your words. If you continue to maliciously speculate and slander the Hawn Group, the Hawn Group will maintain the right to pursue relevant legal responsibilities"
The reporter had clearly come prepared, "I'm sorry, Miss Smith, I simply raised my own question. I'm sure most of us here have the same question as I do: Why are the Hawn Group's designs so similar to those of L'amour Jewelry? Can you give us a reasonable explanation?"
Nora kept a decent and appropriate smile as she said, "As you know, L'amour Jewelry's 'Follow Your Heart' was launched on the internet two days ago, while our 'Ice and Fire' was designed earlier than that."
"Miss Smith, do you have any evidence that the Hawn Group's 'Ice and Fire' predates L'amour Jewelry's 'Follow Your Heart'?" The journalist asked aggressively.
Nora said in a deep voice, "the Hawn Group's promo was shot three days ago, while the samples of 'Ice and Fire' were completed a week ago. This is something that many people can attest to, including our spokespeople in the promo just now."
"That' s right. I can prove that." Julian, who was sitting in the guest seat, stood up and said seriously, "I was invited by the Hawn Group to be their spokesperson a week ago, and at that time, Ms. Smith had already shown me the samples of 'Ice and Fire'. Mr. Bruce was also present at that time."
Julian was a popular movie star, and his comment made many people in the audience favor the Hawn Group.
Nora continued, "That means that the Hawn Group's samples have already been completed a week ago. Since many of you are in the jewelry industry, I'm sure you all know that it takes at least half a month from design to sampling. And L'amour Jewelry's 'Follow Your Heart' was launched two days ago. How could we possibly have copied L'amour Jewelry?"
"Miss Smith is right." Bruce also stood up, "I can also prove that the design of 'Ice and Fire' did predate 'Follow Your Heart'. As early as half a month ago, Miss Smith already showed me the design of 'Ice and Fire'."
Nora smiled and said, "Well, everyone is now clear that the Hawn Group will never do something as disgraceful as plagiarism."
"Miss Smith, your words are too absolute." The reporter made a point of asking.
"We all know that Mr. Bruce is a partner of the Hawn Group and 'Ice and Fire' is a cooperative project of the French company and the Hawn Group, therefore, Mr. Bruce's words are not credible. As for Julian, according to the entertainment news, he and Mr. Hawn are childhood friends, so it is inevitable that he is biased towards the Hawn Group."
After a pause, she continued, "Hence, the words of both of them are simply favoring the Hawn Group and the Hawn Group has copied L'amour Jewelry!"
Nora wrinkled her brow, "Please watch a video provided by the police."
On that day, Nora and her team had gone to Lovers Lake for a location shooting, and after the incident involving Sarah, Ashley had called the police.
The police had also interviewed Nina.
At that time, Nina had still been wearing the jewelry of "Ice and Fire", which had been filmed by the police officer who had made the video.
After playing the video, Nora looked at the reporter with cold eyes and said with a sarcastic smile, "You're not saying that the police are also biased towards the Hawn Group, are you?"
The reporter was speechless for a moment.
Nora smiled faintly, "I don't need to tell you what's right and what's wrong because I believe we all have the ability to judge."
Another reporter asked, "Miss Smith, since the design of 'Ice and Fire' predates L'amour Jewelry, it means that L'amour Jewelry's 'Follow Your Heart' was copied from 'Ice and Fire', doesn't it?"
"We do not rule out this possibility and we, the Hawn Group, will reserve the right to pursue it." Nora said in a deep voice.
Just as Nora finished speaking, a woman's voice suddenly came out, "Well, what if my design had been published in a fashion magazine two months ago?"
