Chapter 635
Julian Sterling, You've Changed
Early that morning, Claire Bennett arrived at the company. The moment Molly Lee saw Claire Bennett, she immediately walked up to her and said, "Boss, you're finally here."
Over the past few days, Claire Bennett hadn't come to the office. Molly Lee had been the one preparing all the materials and then handing them over to her, after which Claire would issue all the instructions. Although there hadn't been any problems doing things that way, Molly Lee still felt it was better to have Claire Bennett by her side.
Claire Bennett flipped through the materials Molly Lee had handed over.
Recently, Maison Verne really had been developing well. In terms of market share, it was doing much better than Ava Bennett's jewelry brand.
Ava Bennett's brand hadn't released any standout new products lately. Under Maison Verne's constant stream of new designs, it had already started to slowly decline, looking like a faded celebrity—nothing left but a famous name. If Ava Bennett didn't change course soon, she would probably be completely abandoned by the market.
After Claire Bennett left Bennett Group, all of her designs were created entirely as she pleased, and compared to when she had been at Bennett Group before, they had much more spirit.
What she designed was better too, and with a highly promising designer like Sienna Shaw there as well, Maison Verne could be said to be at the height of its success.
Claire Bennett curled her lips slightly and smiled. "Very good. Let's keep working hard. Soon we'll be able to stand at the very top."
Molly Lee had followed Claire Bennett from Chicago to New York and had come this far with her step by step, so hearing that made her whole body surge with excitement.
She said excitedly, "Okay, let's keep working hard!"
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At the same time, at Bennett Group.
Olivia Lawson nervously knocked on the door to Ava Bennett's office. After seeing Ava Bennett seated behind her desk, Olivia Lawson called out softly, "Manager Bennett..."
"What is it?"
After Ava Bennett had made such a huge fool of herself at the fashion show last time, her reputation had worsened, so naturally she hadn't had any opportunities to work with anyone, much less find business opportunities.
And then there was Ethan Sterling. After that day, he stopped paying any attention to her, as if he completely despised her.
He really was a man who turned heartless the moment he'd gotten what he wanted.
Ava Bennett was even more furious over this. She had given so much, yet in the end she hadn't gotten a single benefit out of Ethan Sterling. It had all been for nothing!
And at precisely this time, Victor Bennett had become extremely dissatisfied with her recent performance. In his words and between the lines, he wanted someone to replace her and transfer her to an unimportant position.
How could Ava Bennett possibly be willing to accept that?
In the end, all she could do was push the designers under her harder, making them come up with more new products to increase Bennett Jewelry's visibility so it could compete against Claire Bennett's Maison Verne.
The new products had already been released, and now they were waiting to see the market response and reaction.
What Olivia Lawson had brought in was all the various market feedback on the new products.
Somewhat uneasy, she handed the tablet to Ava Bennett and said, "Manager Bennett, the new products don't seem to be doing very well with the market..."
Ava Bennett frowned and glanced at the tablet. Under their account, there were suddenly many more comments, all of them complaining that the recent designs were old-fashioned and ugly. Some were even comparing her to Maison Verne.
"Are the designers at Bennett Jewelry useless or what? How could they design something this ugly?"
"So hideous. Even if someone gave me jewelry like this, I wouldn't wear it, and they still have the nerve to sell it for tens of thousands of dollars."
"I'd rather go buy Maison Verne jewelry. Their recent new designs are distinctive and beautiful. Even if they're a little more expensive, I'm still willing to buy them!"
Seeing those comments one after another, Ava Bennett was so angry she nearly coughed up blood. With a dark expression, she heavily shoved the tablet back and shouted furiously, "What is going on? Are those designers just freeloaders? They can't even make one new product right—what use do I have for them?"