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Chapter 589
Chapter 589
Chapter 589
Chapter 589
Carmella came upstairs, holding her design sketches, with a furious look on her face. She glared at Estelle, “Estelle, you think it’s over just like that? In front of Director Carlin and all the designers, don’t you think you owe me an explanation?”
Estelle slightly frowned, “What kind of explanation?”
Alice crossed her arms, smirking, “Playing dumb? Three of our designs are identical. Tell me again, did you or Inman make these designs?”
Miya snorted, “I totally forgot about this!”
No wonder Estelle was able to make such professional and mature designs!
Estelle insisted, “I made it!”
“You just need to admit you did it!” said Carmella with a stern face. She turned to Hannah, “Director Carlin, Estelle copied my design. What do you think?”
Hannah looked serious, “Our studio absolutely does not tolerate plagiarism. We will certainly punish the wrongdoer!”
Jessica sneered, “Well, I was wondering how a novice without any experience could pull off such a professional design. Turns out it’s plagiarism! Should we double-check the sketches for AdScope’s models too?”
Inman looked at Estelle with a complicated expression, “Carmella, do you have any evidence that Estelle copied your design?”
“Of course, I have evidence!” Carmella said indignantly and confidently. “I think even Inman has been deceived by Estelle. I’ll have the evidence ready soon to prove that Estelle is a copycat!”
Inman frowned, “What kind of evidence do you have?”
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“With all confidence,” Carmella said. “First, I want to know how we deal with plagiarists?”
Hannah scanned the room with a calm demeanor before speaking firmly, “Those who engage in plagiarism will naturally face expulsion from the studio, and Mayfield will have to reconsider his choice for the movie designer as well.”
Alice turned to Carmella with excitement, urging her, “Carmella, do you have evidence? Show us quickly!”
Carmella raised a USB drive, her tone icy as she declared, “The evidence is right here. I went down to the equipment room and checked the surveillance footage. As expected, I found evidence. Last Friday, Estelle went into my drawer, where I stored my designs!”
Hannah glanced at Estelle and said to Carmella, “Show us the footage!”
“Right away!” Carmella sneered at Estelle, plugged the USB into the computer, and played the surveillance footage she had copied.
Sure enough, the video clearly displayed the events of the previous Friday. Estelle was seen as the sole person present in the office. She approached Carmella’s desk, opened a drawer, rifled through its contents, and even took photographs.
The video was brief and concluded at that point.
Upon witnessing the footage, the expressions on everyone’s faces changed – there was a mix of mockery, disdain, and anger.
Alice, in particular, clenched her teeth and glared at Estelle. “If you lack talent, don’t come to Snowy Studio and steal others’ work. It’s evident that you have a severe deficiency in morals and character. You may appear quiet and innocent, but it’s clear you’re utterly shameless!”
Inman stood in front of Estelle, “You have no right to speak to Estelle like that when we haven’t figured out the whole story!”
Miya snorted, “Isn’t it clear enough?”
Inman turned to Estelle and anxiously asked, “What happened?”
Estelle glanced at Carmella and said softly, “That day Carmella called me, saying she was out meeting with a client and forgot the address. She asked me to look in her desk drawer for it. She told me it was in the first drawer. I didn’t notice any designs in there, nor did I care.”
~She didn’t expect that Carmella would have seen her designs during the reception andframes her, no wonder she boldly submitted the
plagiarized design.
Turned out, that phone call was deliberately made by Carmella just to leave a record of her going through her drawer.
Carmella immediately retorted, “You’re lying! I never called you, there’s no use in defending yourself!”
“Check the surveillance. See if Estelle received a call from Carmella, Miya sarcastically said.
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