Female Novel
Chapter 1544
Chapter 1544
"Do you think Barbara earned her reputation on her own? | heard she was the head of the design team at The Velvet before sheleft. With that kind of authority, who would dare to question her actions? Just look at the jewelry she designed for Kayla. It lackscreativity. It's just a jumble of tacky elements," said someone from the crowd.novelbin
"| find Chad to be the most shameless one in this scenario. When Maggie was plagiarized in Grandeur Gallery and exposed theculprit, he blacklisted her. Now that she left them and joined a new company, she still gets plagiarized by his associates. DidMaggie kill someone in her past life or something? Why do they keep targeting her?"
"Birds of a feather flock together. None of them are good people."
"The integration of the logo is rather smart. Maggie sure is something special. Are these pendants only for old clients? Whatabout potential new clients?"
"| want one too."
Barbara's expression turned ashen. She could not fathom why Maggie had not brought up the evidence earlier, and she realizedshe looked like a clown.
Maggie approached Barbara calmly and looked her straight in the eyes. "Barbara, can you explain why there’s The Velvet's logoin the design you did for Grandeur Gallery?"
"|-I-| must have accidentally..." Barbara stammered. She was utterly unable to come up with a reasonable explanation."It's because you didn't actually draw this design yourself. You copied the sketch from my design.”Barbara froze upon hearing that. "What do you mean sketch? If
"Did you think | would leave the finalized design in the open on my desk? What you took was my initial draft! | wanted toincorporate the logo and an openwork design at the tip of the butterfly's wings. But, when | showed the design to the carver, hetold me that this kind of design would result in a very high scrap rate for the jade. He said that the design was suitable forpersonal use but not recommended for mass production. That's why | made the modifications, resulting in the final version,"Maggie sneered.
"If you had taken it home and redrawn it yourself, you would have noticed the clues. But, you didn't. You're so used to gettingothers to do your drafting that you can't be bothered to redraw it, right?"
Barbara's face was extremely pale. She glared at Maggie, and her eyes were red. "You set me up!"
Maggie glanced at her coldly and said, "You overestimated yourself."
Once bitten, twice shy. Over the years, Maggie had incorporated specific elements into her designs as a habit.She never imagined that she would be accused of plagiarism again.Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Chad seized an opportunity to slip away.
Stella had been keeping an eye on him and intercepted his path. She smiled and said, "Mr. Benson, the show isn't over. Whereare you off to?"
At this point, Chad's arrogant demeanor faded. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Ms. Hall, this is all just a misunderstanding.Barbara deceived me. She claimed her work was plagiarized. As the head of the company's design department, | couldn't justignore it. | didn't think she was lying.”
Stella's gaze turned cold. "You've been in the design industry for years. You should understand how serious plagiarism is.Shouldn't you have contacted us first to confirm your suspicions instead of causing a scene at the presentation? What were yourtrue intentions?"