Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon’s Reluctant Love
Chapter 396 - Chapter 396 Chapter 395 The Watch Contest

Chapter 396: Chapter 395: The Watch Contest Chapter 396: Chapter 395: The Watch Contest On the big screen, the design drawings of Bailio were displayed.

Bailio’s models, wearing the designed wristwatches, walked towards the stage.

Seeing the design drawings on the big screen, and the wristwatch on the model’s hand, Zhong Ling was stunned.

“Sister Yao, how is Bailio’s design the same as ours?”

Ming Yao’s beautiful eyes also flashed with surprise, but she quickly regained her composure.

No wonder Huo Chun was so full of confidence; she had plagiarized her design.

The organizers had arranged for Glan and Bailio’s competition to be back-to-back, surely wanting to catch the plagiarist on the spot!

After all, such an international competition was quite strict, and if plagiarism occurred, it would definitely be punished on the spot!

Zhong Ling saw that the audience was continuously praising Bailio’s design and became extremely anxious.

“Sister Yao, when we go on stage later, will everyone think we copied Bailio’s?”

Ming Yao slightly curled the corners of her lips, “Did you think when I was designing, I didn’t leave something exclusive for myself?”

Whether it was clothing or a wristwatch, she would always leave a mark uniquely her own.

Zhong Ling blinked, the day she saw Sister Yao’s designs, she didn’t notice any unique markings!

But if Sister Yao was confident that Bailio would show their true colors, she had nothing to worry about!

Old Master Huo, who was watching the live broadcast on TV, nodded with satisfaction upon seeing Bailio’s works.

Madam Huo saw Old Master Huo’s expression and said to please him, “Dad, Chun Chun has not rested well recently for this design competition, but it seems her hard work has not been in vain.”

Old Master Huo nodded, “It’s good that she’s focusing on her work!”

Ever since he saw Huo Chun bullying others with her power outside the private restaurant, Old Master Huo’s impression of her had plummeted.

If she could reform herself and focus on her career, Old Master Huo was still willing to give her another chance!

“Dad, Chun Chun has always respected you. She still wants your approval,” said Madam Huo.

“When she returns from Italy, I’ll give her 5% of the shares,” he said.

Madam Huo’s heart leapt with joy at his words.

After Bailio’s model finished showcasing the wristwatch, the host posed a few questions, and Huo Chun and Wu Xiaolan came on stage to answer them one by one. Then it was time for the judges to score.

The judge sitting in the central position said, “Let’s not be hasty, we’ll score after Glan takes the stage.”

Huo Chun’s heart skipped a beat.

Why wait for Glan to take the stage?

Based on the semi-final situation, Huo Chun believed that the wristwatch designed by Wu Xiaolan was the most outstanding!

The championship was surely theirs.

With confusion, Huo Chun returned to her seat.

The host announced that Glan Company’s model would take the stage.

As the model walked on stage, Glan’s competition design draft also appeared on the big screen.

The moment the design draft was revealed, there was an uproar from the audience below.

The style was almost the same as Bailio’s, and even many of the details matched.

Although both companies came from Country C, it was impossible for their designs to be identical!

One of the companies must have been plagiarizing!

The male model for Ming Yao’s side was Xie Tianyu, who had gained some fame domestically after some recent promotional efforts.

Many of his fans were also watching this competition.

Originally, the fact that Xie Tianyu was going to be the model for Glan’s wristwatch had already caused dissatisfaction among many of his fans.

Xie Tianyu was developing into a movie star, and the endorsements Ming Yao had secured for him thus far were all from well-known brands.

Glan was nothing but an obscure, minor brand. How could it be suited to Xie Tianyu’s status?

Later, some fans discovered that Glan watches belonged to Ming Corporation, and some fans began to boycott and verbally attack Ming Yao.

Upon learning this, Xie Tianyu immediately took to Weibo to confront the situation.

He declared that Ming Yao was his benefactor and savior, and if fans wanted to insult her or boycott him, then they might as well unfollow him directly.

Xie Tianyu’s move to defend Ming Yao indeed caused a small number of fans to unfollow him, but the majority of fans remained rational.

They expressed their willingness to support Xie Tianyu’s decision!

Those who had unfollowed him also tuned into the live broadcast, just waiting to see Xie Tianyu embarrass himself!

Sure enough, upon seeing the watch Xie Tianyu was wearing, identical to Bailio’s, they began to ridicule frantically.

[It’s a good thing I unfollowed him. Xie Tianyu has truly embarrassed himself on an international level!]

[I thought after Xie Tianyu left Huatian Entertainment’s trap and moved to Starlight Entertainment, Ming Yao would groom him well. Never expected he would still be duped!]

[Glan plagiarized, and will probably be blacklisted by the watch industry in the future!]

[Ming Yao has just destroyed Xie Tianyu’s future!]

[Ming Yao is really getting ahead of herself. She thinks just because she starred in “Peerless” and got popular, she can manage artists well? She might as well drag Xie Tianyu down with her!]

Netizens, unaware of the truth, all believed that Glan had plagiarized Bailio.

However, Huo Chun sensed that something was amiss.

She turned to Wu Xiaolan beside her, “What’s going on? Where exactly did your design drafts come from?”

Wu Xiaolan felt a bit scared, but then she thought, as long as she stubbornly denied it, who could prove that she plagiarized?

Besides, wasn’t Bailio far more famous than Glan?

Glan was about to go bankrupt, how could they possibly design a good watch?

“CEO Huo, I don’t know…” Wu Xiaolan said, her expression as if she’d suddenly thought of something, she covered her mouth in shock and blurted out, “My mom works as a janitor for Ming’s company. Once, when I went to pick her up, I accidentally dropped a draft paper. Could it have been picked up by Ming Yao?”

“It was just a draft, I didn’t take it seriously at the time, I didn’t expect her to be so despicable and shameless. Just to win, she’d do such a thing!”

Huo Chun squinted, “You’re not lying to me?”

“CEO Huo, how dare I lie to you?”

Huo Chun stood up from her chair, looking towards the judges, “I want to report Glan Company. Their watches are plagiarized from our company!”

Zhong Ling, seeing Huo Chun play the victim, was infuriated.

“This design draft was clearly drawn by Sister Yao after several all-nighters. You’ve claimed it as yours and even have the audacity to slander us?”

Huo Chun glanced at Zhong Ling and Ming Yao, “Sister Yao drew it? That’s laughable. This is clearly drawn by our company’s designer, Wu Xiaolan!”

The event organizer called both Huo Chun and Ming Yao to the stage.

Huo Chun brought Wu Xiaolan up, while Ming Yao glanced at Wu Xiaolan, feeling that she looked somewhat familiar.

She quickly remembered that she looked like the janitor, Aunt Wu, from the company.

Could it be that Wu Xiaolan was Auntie Wu’s daughter?

Ming Yao suddenly thought forward. Before the design draft was completely finished, she had thrown away several drafts.

It must’ve been Aunt Wu who took the drafts home, allowing Wu Xiaolan to see them.

Ming Yao hadn’t shredded the drafts because the design details and the integration of the chip’s principles on the draft weren’t well combined. Forcing the design would lead to issues.

The judge looked at Ming Yao and Huo Chun, asking in a calm voice, “Next, I have a few questions to ask you both. Please answer them truthfully!”

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