Public Opinion Starts to Turn Around

After some discussion and making a decision, Claire Bennett decided to release the new product two days later.

...

Bennett Jewelry.

Olivia Lawson hurried in, her steps quick. She said nervously, "This is bad! Manager Song, Maison Verne has released a new product, and it's caused a huge reaction. The internet has already gone crazy, and a lot of people are mocking us!"

Ava Bennett had still been smugly waiting to see Claire Bennett's miserable downfall. She hadn't expected to hear something like this.

Her eyes sharpened as she cried out in shock, "What did you say!"

Olivia Lawson immediately took everything out for Ava Bennett to see. Photos of the new product Maison Verne released this time were already everywhere, and someone had even put the two companies' new products side by side for comparison.

Although the two designs felt somewhat similar, Maison Verne's was obviously more refined and more ingenious.

Just then, Olivia Lawson's phone rang, and she took it out to answer it.

"What! Those clients want to cancel their orders? Keep the clients steady first. At worst, give them a discount..."

In the end, Olivia Lawson hung up helplessly.

Ava Bennett had already heard what Olivia Lawson said just now. At this moment, her face had gone black as the bottom of a pot, and she was practically grinding her teeth to pieces.

"Manager Song, the people downstairs just said that several of our high-end clients with reservations have canceled all their orders. It looks like they want to go buy Maison Verne's newly released jewelry. Maison Verne's new products this time are just way too popular..."

Ava Bennett glared furiously at Olivia Lawson, and Olivia Lawson didn't dare continue what she was about to say.

In fact, even Olivia Lawson thought Maison Verne's new products were extremely beautiful after seeing them. It was only normal that those clients would cancel their orders to go buy theirs.

This time, Bennett Jewelry had truly suffered a crushing defeat.

Ava Bennett's face was dark with anger. Earlier, when she saw that there had been no response from Claire Bennett's side, she had thought Claire Bennett had no reaction at all. She hadn't expected that Claire Bennett had actually been holding back a big move and waiting for her.

Now the public opinion online had completely reversed.

She was so angry she was about to explode, yet she had no way at all to deal with Claire Bennett.

Just then, Olivia Lawson said somewhat cautiously, "Manager Song, why do I feel like Maison Verne's designs are kind of similar to ours?"

When Ava Bennett heard Olivia Lawson's words, she took a careful look at Claire Bennett's new product designs and found that they really did share a similar brilliance with her own designs. Although Claire Bennett's side was more perfect and exquisite, the style looked especially similar, as if they had come from the same person's hand.

Could there be something wrong with Claire Bennett's designs?

She immediately grew excited and said, "Go bring Evan York to me right now!"

Olivia Lawson immediately turned and went out to call over Bennett Jewelry's new product designer, Evan York.

At that moment, Evan York had already seen Maison Verne's new products. When he saw those works that were extremely similar to his own, panic flashed through his heart for an instant. After all, the works in his hands had been conned out of Asher Bell's girlfriend—they weren't his own work at all.

He was worried that what he had done would be discovered.

Asher Bell's girlfriend had been a brainless woman too. He'd just said a few sweet words and casually coaxed her a little, and he'd fooled her over. Not only did she sleep with him, she even helped him steal Asher Bell's designs.

After that, he had used Asher Bell's designs to make a huge amount of money here at Bennett Jewelry. He had originally thought that blockhead Asher Bell wouldn't dare do anything.

He hadn't expected Asher Bell to go to Bennett Jewelry's rival company, Maison Verne, and release new works there. If this kept going, the works in his hands would definitely run out very soon, and then he'd be exposed.

No! He had to think of a way to leave before that happened.

Anyway, the money he wanted was already in hand.

Just as Evan York was planning everything nicely, Olivia Lawson came over. "Designer York, Manager Song wants you to go over for a moment."

Evan York's eyes darkened, and he suppressed the unusual emotion in them. "Got it. I'll go over right away."

...

Before long, Evan York arrived at Ava Bennett's office.

When Ava Bennett saw Evan York, she didn't beat around the bush and got straight to the point. "Designer York, have you seen Maison Verne's designs this time? Their new products are very similar in style to the designs you released before."

On his way over, Evan York had already known why Ava Bennett was looking for him. Now that Ava Bennett asked this, he didn't panic at all. Instead, he said calmly, "Yes, I've already seen them. They really are very similar to mine."

When Ava Bennett heard this, a trace of coldness spilled into her eyes. She said, "Do you think it's possible... that Maison Verne plagiarized your designs?"

Actually, Ava Bennett wanted to use this point to suppress Maison Verne and drag their new products into this public controversy. After all, they had released their new products first, much earlier than Maison Verne.

Evan York pondered for a moment and said, "Manager Song, although Maison Verne's designs are similar to ours, we don't have any evidence. If we do that, we might end up getting dragged into negative talk instead. After all, Maison Verne's designs this time really are much better than ours."

Ava Bennett's excited mood was like having a bucket of cold water dumped over it.

She felt that Evan York was indeed right. Although they did look somewhat alike, they weren't exactly the same. If she really wanted to make an issue out of this point, it wouldn't hold up.

What's more, Maison Verne's designs really were quite a bit better than theirs. If people kept dragging them out for comparison, it wouldn't do their reputation any good either.

Was she really supposed to just let Maison Verne suppress them like this?

Just then, Evan York said, "Manager Song, I do have a good idea..."

Ava Bennett looked at him in surprise and asked, "What good idea do you have? Go ahead and tell me. If it's good, I'll reward you."