bChapter /bb56 /b

Leon said, “Let me send you a link. Follow along while I exin.”

Skr clicked on the link and skimmed through it while half–listening to Leon.

Leon continued, “Didn’t VanLier justunch a new collection of earrings, nes, bracelets, and rings a few days ago? Their designs are nearly identical to yourtest sketches.

“They beat us to the punch. They paid for press releases using us of giarism, and now they’re threatening legal action with a cease–and–desist letter and awsuit.”

Skr examined the side–by–sideparison of the two jewelry collections.

The two jewelry collections looked strikingly simr, but VanLier’s pieces were riddled with ws and imperfections.

It was like jewelry made straight from her rough drafts,cking the polished finish of ba /bpleted piece.

Rough drafts…

Skr smiled, “Understood. I’ll handle this myself. Have the PR Department follow my directives.”

Leon said, “Got it, Ms. Stone.”

Skr hung up the phone and logged back into her verified X ount, which she hadn’t touched in ages.

This verified ount was solely used for announcing new product pre–sales. Otherwise, she rarely logged in.

As soon as she logged in, she nearly got booted by the flood of private messages.

She scrolled through a few private messages and then nced at thement sections under her previous posts. They were utterly ravaged by bbot /b

ounts.

[Who would’ve thought even a designer from a prestigious jewelrypany would stoop to giarism? Do you really think your fame gives you the right to ido /iwhatever you want?]

[It makes me sick. Who would wear jewelry made by a shameless copycat?]

[Once again, I’m calling on everyone to boycott giarism. It’s absolutely unforgivable.b] /b

[Someone else poured their heart into the design, and you just tweak it a bit and sell it as your own? How disgusting.]

After reading through severalment sections, Skr opened the editor and started drafting her response.

CG.Gemsb: /bb[/bThank you all for your continued support of CG.Gems. Allow me to address the current situation.

b[/bbI /backnowledge the undeniable simrities between my new collection and Van Lier’stest release. This is far from coincidental.

[But let me be crystal clear. I didn’t giarize. Here’s my proof.]

Skr posted her original design drafts with watermarks, alongside actual photos of VanLier’s new jewelry collection.

bShe /bid out her entire creative process, highlighting how her original designs featured more sophisticated details than their finished bproducts/b.

CG.Gems: [Here’s another proof that I’m the original designer. Every piece of jewelry made by CG.Gems features ba /bhidden bmechanism /bbthat /bballows /bbracelets, nes, and other iterns to transform into various forms.

[Our patrons are well aware of this. We include a detailed instruction manual bwith /bevery purchase bto /bbguide /bbcustomers/b.

b34 /bΜΟΠ

[I’d really like to ask VanLier. What exactly were they trying to aplish by even giarizing this?]

The moment her rification was posted, a flood of CG.Gems customers rushed to her defense.

[What kind of bno/b–name jewelrypany thinks they can pick a fight with Sapphire, CG.Gems’s legendary designer? Don’t you know she has treated pieces for royal families worldwide?]

[Yeah, those are heirloom pieces meant to be passed down through generations. Most designers wouldn’t even be considered for broyal /bmissionsb. /bNow you see just how exceptional she really is, right?]

Theizens were shocked. No one saw thating.

[Wait. So VanLier is the real copycat? My gosh. And they actually had the audacity to use others? How shameless can they geti?/ii] /i

[And yet they dare im to promote our nation’s jewelry designs and lead our bculture /bonto bthe /bworld stage? Stop embarrassing us.)

[Can’t believe I was such a sucker. I bought this at a markup. I’m so pissed off.b] /b

The ten richdies who had purchased the giarized jewelry were livid. They stormed VanLier to demand refunds one after another.