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Alice’s statement caused a stir.
Ethan stayed calm.“Alice, how ridiculous of you to accuse us of plagiarism! There are many talented people in our company. Why would we steal ideas from a small company like yours?”
“Why is it impossible?”
After Alice finished speaking, the person in charge next to her added indignantly, “That’s right. We have worked very hard for this.”
Ethan chuckled and asked, “You’re just jealous of our great presentation, so you’re falsely accusing us. Is that so?”
Alice scoffed, “I don’t need to do that at all.”
“Since you’re so confident, show me the evidence.”
The person in charge said, “No problem. Our prepared presentation is the evidence.”
“That only proves you stole from us! Doesn’t it?”
Ethan looked at Alice, acting self–righteous.“Stop embarrassing yourself! Win with your ability, not underhanded
tactics.”
Alice said through her gritted teeth, “No wonder you are a businessman. You are as tricky as I thought.”
Seeing Alice’s expression, Ethan felt pleased.
He said with a subtle tone, “I told you earlier. The only thing you needed to do was to apologize and come back, but you
refused!”
The person in charge of the Maple Company turned to Alice, asking, “What’s exactly going on?”
“Isn’t it obvious? Alice must have a relationship with the president of the Welch Group. To get ahead, she leaked our
ideas.”
The person in charge frowned.“Alice’s not that kind of person.”
“Maybe she accidentally leaked it while with him!”
Alice turned to look at the person who spoke ill of her. The latter liked to spread rumors.
Alice said coldly, “Watch your language! I have nothing to do with him!”
“Then explain how our work ended up in their presentation!”
Alice looked at Chloe and Luke.“You two are involved in it!”
Chloe and Luke avoided her gaze.
Ethan shouted, “Alice, the victor writes the history. The business world is a battlefield. It’s the first lesson I taught you. Do you remember?”
An employee of the Maple Company stood up, saying, “I’m going to report Alice and Mr. Welch for using their connections to illegally leak our company’s secrets!”
Ethan glared at him and said, “If you talk nonsense again, I will sue you for defamation.”
“Did I say anything wrong?”
“Though I hate to admit it, Alice is my sister. She has been driven away from our home. I apologize for what she did. She’s always like this, using any means to achieve her goals!”
After Ethan explained his relationship with Alice, the employee’s face changed dramatically.
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It turned out that Alice was from the Welch family.
Alice never mentioned it and didn’t dress expensively. It was impossible to tell.
The person in charge looked at Alice and asked, “Is he really your elder brother?”
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“Though I hate to admit it, he used to be my elder brother. But we’ve cut our ties. We have nothing to do with each
other now.”
“Well, that’s what I was thinking. Given so, I’m gonna sue you for defamation, Alice!”
Ethan was determined to force Alice to yield.
Alice wore a smile and clapped.“You sound confident. But let me tell you, you are the ones who are being prosecuted!”
She turned in the direction where the officials were sitting.“Director, you can believe me now.”
The middle–aged male director nodded. “I
”
Ethan looked at the director and said, “Alice often lies. She got angry with us and ran away from home. She gave up her privileged life just to fight against us.
The director pushed up his glasses. “But she showed me their ideas before the meeting.”
The smile vanished from Ethan’s face.
Ethan thought, “What?
Alice had shown the director their ideas beforehand? Why didn’t I know it?”
He subconsciously looked at Chloe and Luke. Didn’t they know that too?
Alice smiled faintly.“Don’t look at them. If those two idiots knew, there wouldn’t have been such a funny show.”
Did they think she’d leave her laptop open with the document displayed?
She wasn’t stupid!
But Chloe and Luke had gone into her trap themselves. What two idiots!
Chloe finally realized she’d been tricked.
Alice deliberately left her laptop open for her!
As soon as she found it out, Chloe slumped in her chair. She thought, “What should I do?
I’m screwed.”
No one expected such a reversal.
Alice said with a half–smile, “I recall the rules state that anyone exaggerated advertising, adopted underhanded tactics, or got involved in unfair competition will result in disqualification.”
“Is that right?”
Only then did Ethan realize that he’d been outmaneuvered.
Alice pretended that their ideas had been stolen, in an attempt to draw him into her trap. Now no one would believe
him.
Ethan came in full of confidence. He was determined to humiliate Alice.
He found Alice’s ideas wonderful after Chloe stole them and showed him. He thus used them to ensure he would win the project.
He also wanted to teach Alice a lesson.
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However, he was found to have broken the rules. The Welch Group was disqualified.
Ethan didn’t want to lose.
He could accept losing the project, but not being defeated by Alice.
Ethan stared at the director and said, “There is a hidden reason behind this. I can explain.”
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“Mr. Welch, please return to your seat. It’s time for the others to make their presentations. We’ll discuss your matter after the event.”
Ethan reluctantly returned to his seat.
Alice walked past him with her laptop in her hand.
She said lightly, “The victor writes the history. Thank you for showing me what it means!”
Ethan paused, his face grim.
He looked at Chloe with fierce eyes.
Chloe shrunk back and trembled all cold sweat drenching her back.
She was in big trouble!
over,
Chloe glared at Alice onstage, her eyes full of resentment. She thought, “Alice! Why didn’t you fall into the trap? Why wouldn’t you lose for once?“.
“Why do you always win?
“Why is life so unfair?”
Alice stepped on stage to begin her presentation. The contents were quite different from those contained in the document she had prepared.
Alice spoke eloquently, and her ideas about AI were innovative and forward–thinking!
Ethan’s face darkened at Alice’s presentation.
Alice had planned to get Chloe into her trap.
He’d been too careless. He shouldn’t have underestimated Alice.
Looking at the confident and radiant Alice onstage, Ethan felt a strange mixture of emotions.
Alice had truly improved a lot.
She was no longer merely stubborn. She was also a difficult opponent.
Chloe watched Alice and felt extremely jealous.
Luke’s face was grim as well. He regretted conspiring with Chloe. Alice would never trust him again.
It was all Chloe’s fault!
Twenty minutes later, Alice’s impressive presentation ended.
Silence filled the conference room.
The director took the lead to applaud.“Excellent! Alice, your ideas are groundbreaking, but some are hard to understand. How about we discuss them further?”
“Of course.”
Alice breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, much of the presentation was improvised by her on stage.
Those from the Maple Company were stunned by Alice’s performance.
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The person in charge looked at Alice.“When did you come up with these ideas?”
