Chapter 96 Plagiarized
In fact, Nora should have thought of this result already.
If it was that easy, Asher would not have failed to find Mia for so many years.
But why? What exactly had Mia gone through after she had fallen off the cliff back then?
Whether Mia was alive or dead, there had to be some traces left behind.
How could she have disappeared without a trace like this?
Nora had doubts in mind but had no clues at all, so she had to put it aside for the time being.
During the next few days, Nora devoted herself to her work and soon finished the location shooting of "Ice and Fire".
In a few days, it would be the day to hold a press conference and officially launch the "Ice and Fire" jewelry collection.
Nora had full assurance that the "Ice and Fire" jewelry collection would be a hit and that the Hawn Group would become a leading enterprise in the jewelry industry.
However, something unexpected happened just two days before the launch.
Nora arrived at the office early this morning to make the final preparations for the press conference when a piece of push news popped up on her phone, which immediately attracted her attention.
[L'amour Jewelry is about to launch the Precious Love Collection, with the biggest idea: "Follow Your Heart"]
Follow your heart?
Nora clicked on the news and it said,
[L'amour Jewelry, the leading jewelry company in the country, has hired Marilyn, the chief jewelry designer from France, and will soon launch "Follow Your Heart" jewelry collections with the most important feature of presenting different colors according to different lights, making you the center of attention in any circumstances.]
Nora took a quick look at the jewels that were shown on the news, which were similar to her designs with the key idea of changing colors in different lights.
It was Nora's idea and had already been used in the "Ice and Fire" series.
The Hawn Group had not disclosed the idea in advance in order to remain mysterious and Nora had planned to launch it at a press conference.
But now, someone had gotten the jump on her.
Apparently, L'amour Jewelry had copied her designs.
As an old domestic jewelry company, L'amour Jewelry had always been a dominant brand in the jewelry industry, but as the Hawn Group entered the jewelry industry, L'amour Jewelry's advantage was gone.
Nora was certain that the Hawn Group would be able to defeat L'amour Jewelry and seize a larger market, especially with the launch of "Ice and Fire".
In this case, it was not surprising that L'amour Jewelry began its counterattack.
What was surprising was that Marilyn, an internationally renowned jewelry designer, had copied her designs?
Just then, Nora received a call from Asher, "Come to my office please."
Nora answered, "Okay."
After making things clear with Asher at the old mansion that night, Nora became a lot more at ease when she faced Asher.
"Did you see the news about L'amour Jewelry today?" Asher leaned back on his seat and asked in a deep voice.
"Yes." Nora nodded her head.
Asher frowned, "Why did that happen?"
Nora pressed her lips together and then said, "Would you believe me if I said that Marilyn had copied my designs?"
"Yes." Asher opened his thin lips and said lightly.
Nora felt warm in her heart at his unconditional trust in her.
"It's just that the situation now has turned out detrimental to the Hawn Group." Asher knocked on the table with the knuckles of his slender fingers, giving an inexplicable oppressing sensation.
"I know." Nora rubbed her brow and spoke in a deep voice, "L'amour Jewelry is now launching this collection all over the internet, and we're only holding a press conference two days later when everyone will think that it's us who copied L'amour Jewelry. "
Even though L'amour Jewelry had only released a few design drawings and a description of the idea, it achieved a preemptive effect and everyone would just have the preconception that L'amour Jewelry was the original.
Obviously, this was aimed at the Hawn Group on purpose.
However, Nora didn't understand one thing: How had Marilyn gotten the idea for her design?
Could it be that there was a mole in the Hawn Group?
Asher had also thought of what Nora had in mind. He said with a smile, "I'll have someone look into this matter and find out why your designs were copied by L'amour Jewelry. But I'm afraid the press conference in two days will have to be postponed."
Holding a press conference without solid evidence would make it easy for L'amour Jewelry to make a false countercharge.
At that time, the Hawn Group's reputation would be damaged.
Nora, however, said calmly, "There is no need to postpone it."
Asher looked at Nora with slight surprise.
Nora smiled as she said, "If you trust me, just hold the press conference as planned."
Asher said almost without thinking, "Then you will be in full charge of the press conference."
"No problem." Nora said firmly.
She walked out of the president's office and just returned to her seat when she saw Jennifer coming towards her aggressively.
"Nora, how could you have plagiarized?" As soon as Jennifer saw Nora, she accused her angrily.
Nora glanced at her indifferently and asked coldly, "What makes you think that I have plagiarized?"
Jennifer slapped a newspaper onto Nora's desk and chided loudly, "Look, your 'Ice and Fire' is a complete copy of Marilyn's designs."
Nora looked down and saw that what was written in the newspaper was much the same as what she had just seen on her phone.
So, even Jennifer had decided that she had copied Marilyn?
Nora smiled and said in a calm voice, "I didn't plagiarize."
"Nora, the facts are right in front of you. Do you still want to defend that? Do you know how much trouble you will bring to the company by plagiarizing?" Jennifer raised her voice, trying to let everyone around her know that Nora plagiarized.
As the head of the design department, Jennifer's previous designs had been criticized by Nora, which had made her totally humiliated in front of Asher.
And Nora had even ignored the works of the design department and had drawn the designs of "Ice and Fire" in the presence of Bruce, which had made Asher and Bruce very satisfied.
She wondered how Nora, an amateur, could design jewelry.
It turned out that everything was copied from Marilyn!
"I don't know if the company will be in trouble, but I think you might be." Seeing Jennifer harping on her accusations of plagiarism, Nora smiled ironically.
Jennifer was stunned, "What trouble would I be in?"
Nora said indifferently, "As the head of the design department, you can't even tell which is original and which is plagiarism, don't you feel ashamed?"
