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Alexa’s legal letter took the plagiarism incident to a new level.
Even the official statement from the Starlight Jewelry Competition permanently blacklisted Reese from the competition.
However, there was still no response from the Century Jewelry Competition.
Shortly after Alexa’s legal letter was sent, Clark called.
Reese answered the call calmly, recording the conversation.
“Reese, what the hell are you doing? Who allowed you to use that design draft for the competition?” Clark is raging on the other end of the phone.
Reese had no expectations left for this person and replied calmly, “I drew the design draft. Can’t I use it?”
Clark is furious. “But you didn’t say you were going to use it for the competition!”
Reese’s eyes flashed. “As far as I can remember I didn’t promise to give the design draft to Alexa, did I? Moreover, it’s my design draft, not hers. Don’t I, the creator, have the full rights to use it?”
Hearing this, Clark’s tone softened a bit, “Reese, you have to understand and be reminded that Alexa’s value is much more important than yours in Trifleming Jewelry. What you’re doing will ruin Trifleming Jewelry!”
Reese sneered, it was probably not about Trifleming Jewelry but about Clark himself!
Clark continued to persuade, “Listen to me. We will hold a press conference later. At the press conference, you are going to admit to plagiarizing Alexa’s work, and if you do so, I’ll ask her to withdraw the lawsuit. After all, you’re going to be a full–time housewife in the future, so it won’t affect you at all!”
Reese didn’t think people could be shameless to this extent. “Clark, if I admit to plagiarism, all competitions will blacklist me. How can you say such things?”
Clark seemed desperate. “Even if you get blacklisted, it’s still better than Alexa being blacklisted. She is much more valuable to the company than you, with all of her awards and recognitions. Don’t you have any sense of self–worth? Let me tell you this – if you still want to be with me, listen to me, and admit to plagiarizing Reese’s work at the press conference, and that’s it!”
Reese’s eyes rolled when Clark finished speaking. “Fine! I’ll be there!” She said.
Clark finally relaxed, “The press conference is at 10 o’clock. Don’t be late, Reese, I’m doing this for our
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future together. You have to understand, so please!”
Reese didn’t want to hear any more of his nauseating words. “I’ll be there on time!” She said before hanging up the phone.
Reese used the phone for quite a while, and five minutes before the press conference, a post debunking the whole ordeal, with images and videos backing the claims, quietly appeared online.
Strakovski Jewelry, CEO’s office.
The assistant looked at the CEO, “Mr. Strakovski, Miss Roberts has posted something!”
Lukas stood up, “One minute before the press conference, help her increase her popularity as much as possible and maintain the hype! I’ll go out for a moment!”
“Yes, Mr. Strakovski!” The assistant nodded.
As soon as Lukas finished speaking, he picked up his jacket from the sofa before heading out.
At the backstage of the press conference, Clark once again reminded Reese of every word she has to say to the media once she is out there. “Do you know what to say later?” He asked.
Reese nodded calmly. “Yes, I know.”
Clark reached out to embrace Reese, to which she evaded.
Clark let out a helpless sigh. “I know you’ve been wronged this time, I’m sorry. Don’t worry. After this, it won’t happen again in the future!” He cooed to Reese.
Reese remained silent.
At exactly ten o’clock in the morning, the press conference began.
A day later, Reese faced the reporters‘ probing questions once again.
The reporter in the front row was sharp and asked first, “Miss Reese, regarding the plagiarism of Alexa’s design draft, how do you plan to apologize?”
Reese sneered, “Did you really think that I plagiarized Alexa?”
The reporter was caught off guard by her response, and then he replied bluntly, “Do we even need to question it? Based on Alexa’s level, if she plagiarized you, wouldn’t that be a huge joke?”
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Reese’s eyes flashed. “Then what if she really plagiarized me? She wongested
Clark’s face turned a bit ugly. “Reese, what the hell are you doing?” He angrily whispered.
Reese ignored him.
The reporter in the front row boldly declared, “If Alexa plagiarized you, I’ll eat ten pounds of shit!”
The reporters who are present burst into laughter.
Reese remained expressionless and unimpressed. “Then you should prepare yourself to eat shit!”
After saying that, she looked down at her phone and found that her post had reached the top of the trending list even faster than she predicted as if it had taken off like a rocket.
Reese’s eyes flickered, instantly understanding what had happened. It seemed that a certain Mr. Strakovski pitied her and gave her a helping hand.
She looked up, a smile playing on her lips as she gazed at the reporters in the room. “Now, I hope that everyone is looking at the trending Weibo post at this current time. Feel free to ask any questions you may have after reading it!”
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