Chapter 579
Such Vicious Infighting
Ava Bennett was already in a bad mood to begin with. Now that she heard Olivia Lawson's question, she could only take all her anger out on her. With a dark expression, she snapped, "How do you do your job? You didn't even know Jason Chang had already been fired, and you made me lose that much face. I'm docking this month's bonus!"
When Olivia Lawson heard Ava Bennett's words, she felt incredibly wronged and muttered, "That wasn't my fault either."
Obviously, it was Ava Bennett herself who had gone to suck up to Jason Chang. She herself didn't even know that Jason Chang had already been fired, so how could Olivia Lawson possibly have known?
Ava Bennett's face looked awful as she shouted angrily, "You still dare talk back to me!"
Olivia Lawson instantly didn't dare say another word.
She still had to keep working under Ava Bennett in the future, so she could only swallow her anger obediently.
"Go out right now, start the press conference, and then bring the reporters over. This interview has to be done properly this time!"
"Understood, Manager Song." Olivia Lawson turned and left after hearing that.
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Ava Bennett's press conference was held before Claire Bennett's, while Claire Bennett's started a few minutes later than hers.
When Landon West left to go over to Claire Bennett's side, the guests at Ava Bennett's event began to get restless and quietly slipped away to Claire Bennett's side.
Claire Bennett's side had originally been very deserted, but with these people joining, it gradually became lively too.
Before the press conference, Ava Bennett had heavily publicized that she had received strong backing from Hudson Capital.
The reporters who came to the event had originally planned to interview Landon West about the investment, since Landon West was New York's investment bellwether. Now that Landon West had left, Ava Bennett's press conference became far less important.
Some of them were even itching to find out why Landon West had chosen Maison Verne, and whether Maison Verne had some exceptional strength no one knew about.
With all those questions on their minds, quite a few reporters chose to give up on Ava Bennett's side and secretly followed the others over to Claire Bennett's side.
After all, there was nothing much worth covering at a new product launch anyway.
Once that portion of the reporters left, the others were afraid of falling behind and followed right after them.
By the time Ava Bennett's press conference ended and she invited reporters over for interviews, there wasn't a single reporter left at the scene, and more than half the guests had disappeared too!
Ava Bennett could no longer keep it together. Her face shifted between green and white. "What the hell is going on! Didn't I just tell you to arrange the reporters properly? Where are the reporters now?"
Olivia Lawson was trembling beside her as she said fearfully, "Manager Song, I don't know what happened either. Those reporters suddenly vanished without a trace!"
"Shut up!" Ava Bennett pointed at Olivia Lawson in fury and roared, "What do you mean, vanished without a trace? People can't just disappear into thin air."
Those reporters and guests had definitely gone over to Claire Bennett's side.
She had originally gone out of her way to change the date of her press conference because she wanted to crush Claire Bennett completely, but she hadn't expected to dig a pit for herself to jump into. Now the one making a fool of herself was her!
Ava Bennett couldn't hold back any longer and viciously smashed something.
No, she had to go see what exactly was happening over at Claire Bennett's side. So Ava Bennett disguised herself and, with Olivia Lawson in tow, quietly slipped into Claire Bennett's press conference.
Ava Bennett's press conference had failed, while Claire Bennett's was a huge success.
After the press conference ended, reporters came forward to interview Landon West and Claire Bennett.
"Mr. West, earlier there were reports from Bennett Group saying that you had invested in Ava Bennett, but then it turned into Claire Bennett. What exactly happened?"
Landon West smiled and said, "I did indeed invest in Bennett Group, but from beginning to end it was always Maison Verne. If there were any other rumors, then they were definitely false. I hope everyone will carefully distinguish fact from fiction."
This news had been spread by Ava Bennett, and now Landon West was personally saying it was a rumor. Didn't that mean Ava Bennett had been lying?
The reporters suddenly understood.
Ava Bennett must have been worried that her press conference wouldn't get enough attention, so she used that for publicity. She just hadn't expected Landon West to come out and slap her in the face.
Both Ava Bennett and Claire Bennett were from Bennett Group, yet she still did something like this. Such vicious infighting.
Hidden in the back of the crowd, Ava Bennett trembled with rage when she heard Landon West's words. If she weren't afraid of being discovered, she definitely would have jumped out to explain that she had been deceived too.
In the end, Ava Bennett was so stifled and aggrieved that she could only leave in disgrace.