Chapter 1197 - Chapter 1197: 575 God's Right Hand [3rd Update]
Chapter 1197: 575 God’s Right Hand [3rd Update]
Attached below are two pictures.
One is a design sketch from Laydeson, with two words outlined in pen—
Si Fuqing.
The other side is Si Fuqing’s manuscript, which completes the remaining parts, making the whole design drawing more fluid and perfect.
Even if the sketch could be faked, those lines cannot.
Laydeson simply couldn’t explain why his design contained Si Fuqing’s name.
Netizens were also shocked.
[Holy crap, a major twist! Laydeson plagiarized Si Fuqing?]
[My grandmother knows embroidery, and I learned embroidery techniques, many of which even the natives of Great Xia don’t know. How could Laydeson be so proficient? Otherwise, why not start a video tutorial and teach us.]
[This is far-fetched. Laydeson is so famous, how could he possibly copy Si Fuqing’s work? Anyway, I don’t believe it.]
[You’re licking Laydeson’s boots so much, why don’t you leave Great Xia?]
[Isn’t anyone concerned that this design drawing was drawn by Si Fuqing eight years ago????]
“What’s going on here?” the vice president of LN was both shocked and furious. “Isn’t this your design? Why does she have the original?”
Laydeson, too, was sweating profusely and filled with uncertainty. “This is impossible! I don’t even know her!”
If it weren’t for an anonymous report sent to his private email, he would have had no interaction with Si Fuqing at all.
He hadn’t taken Si Fuqing seriously, just wanting to gain some more popularity through this incident, especially since he had been suffering from a lack of inspiration and hadn’t produced any new works for half a year.
“Think carefully!” the vice president of LN was in such a hurry that he shouted, “Where exactly did you copy from?”
Laydeson racked his brains, then suddenly, as if realizing something, he lost all his strength and collapsed to the ground.
He was as pale as death, trembling: “Impossible! This absolutely cannot be!”
He finally remembered that these designs were ones he had inadvertently seen during his interview at the umbrella of Lan eight years ago.
At that time, he was in awe and hurriedly memorized some of the designs.
He waited a full six years, realizing that Lan had not made those designs public and thus confidently handed them over to LN for production.
Those with too many Great Xia elements were discarded, but he still posted them online.
Time passed so long that Laydeson genuinely forgot they were copied.
But if he copied from the umbrella of Lan, how could it be Si Fuqing?
While Laydeson was panicking, he was also utterly baffled.
“Vice President!” the public relations manager called again. “East Moon is an umbrella of Lan brand! The umbrella of Lan has made a statement!”
The vice president’s expression changed again: “The umbrella of Lan? Let me see!”
[@The umbrella of LanV: East Moon is a subordinate brand under the umbrella of Lan, originally planned to be officially announced at this year’s international fashion show, but unfortunately, there has been malicious interference. The umbrella of Lan and Mr. Gu strictly condemn the actions of LN and Laydeson Salaff and will take legal measures!]
The vice president’s vision went dark.
Wasn’t East Moon just a very niche Great Xia domestic brand?
Laydeson’s face turned even paler.
Even if he really had been plagiarized, had he known that East Moon belonged to the umbrella of Lan, he would not have directly accused them of plagiarism in public.
When it comes to ready-to-wear design, if the umbrella of Lan claims the second place, no one dares to claim the first.
No brand can compare to the umbrella of Lan – ten LNs would not be sufficient to compete.
[Holy moly! I was thinking at the time that Si Fuqing had already gathered Oracle, RM, and Above the Cloud, the three big giants, and only the umbrella of Lan was missing. Turns out the umbrella of Lan was the earliest one?]
[What can I say other than Si Fuqing is awesome?]
[Please, can someone tell me why a certain female celebrity is so versatile?]
While the Mousses were sharing the news excitedly, they were also feeling desperate.
They had to be on guard against ready-to-wear design companies persuading Si Fuqing to leave the industry.
The public sees them as fans enjoying their moment, but no one ever understands their difficulties.
Si Fuqing didn’t know about the Mousses’ despair, as she was talking on the phone with Gu Wenzhu: “Teacher, I’m fine, things have been resolved, but how did he plagiarize?”
Gu Wenzhu frowned and said: “When you came to submit your manuscript, Laydeson also happened to be interviewing at Lan. He probably saw your drafts then—it’s my negligence, allowing him to see them.”
“Teacher, it’s not your concern,” Si Fuqing squinted his eyes, “It seems he must have copied quite a few drawings.”
“Right,” Gu Wenzhu’s voice deepened, “I’m going to send you his design drawings over the past few years, take a look.”
After receiving the design drawings, Si Fuqing quickly identified that Laydeson had copied five of her designs, all of which were drafts she had never published.
Fortunately, she had backups and her habitual markings.
This was a method Ye Wanlan had taught her, and it actually proved to be useful one day.
The ringtone of her phone sounded again, and Si Fuqing answered, “Brother Nine.”
His voice was unhurried, “Need any help?”
“No need, I can handle it,” Si Fuqing’s tone lightened, “We can meet up for dinner.”
Hearing this, Yu Xiheng chuckled lightly, “Okay, I’ll pick you up later.”
“Sister Sang,” Si Fuqing stood up and pushed open the door of the break room, “hold a press conference, Director Qu, contact IFTV for me, I only need five minutes.”
Sang Yanqing and Qu Lingyun did not ask why and immediately got to work.
Soon, the media invited arrived at the set of “Light” and started their live broadcasts.
Si Fuqing was their performance review, they couldn’t hope more for the press conference to be as long as possible.
“Hello, I’m Si Fuqing,” Si Fuqing greeted with a slight smile towards the camera, “I’m sorry for taking your time, I’m grateful to Mr. Laydeson for allowing me to discover that he copied the design drawings I did for fun as a child, and that Mr. Laydeson copied more than just one.”
“My name comes from ‘helping the Great Xia from falling’; why would Mr. Laydeson design these two characters?”
The camera moved aside to a computer screen with new comparison images.
Each image contained the characters “Si Fuqing”.
Entertainment reporters exclaimed in surprise, whispering to each other.
“I have already asked Mr. Laydeson three questions before, and now I have a fourth,” Si Fuqing clasped her hands together, her eyebrows and eyes composed and indifferent from beginning to end, “Is it because plagiarism went undetected for so long that you started to believe these designs were your own?”
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The brief five-minute press conference sent Laydeson plummeting into the abyss.
The five designs that Si Fuqing brought out were all the works that made Laydeson famous.
It completely shook the entire fashion design industry!
No one expected things to turn out this way.
[Wow, Laydeson is really dedicated; grasping Si Fuqing as the sole source and copying so much]
[Hilarious, the plagiarist actually jumped out to accuse the original creator, biggest joke of the year.]
[Congratulations to Si Fuqing for adding another name to the list of cleanness in the entertainment industry! Thanks to Mr. Laydeson’s selfless contribution!]
With evidence presented, LN’s PR efforts were useless.
Moreover, they had crossed paths with Qu Lingyun and the umbrella of Lan, leaving no room for maneuver.
LN immediately announced the termination of Laydeson and issued a public apology to disassociate and stabilize their tumbling stock.
Plagiarism is a serious taboo in the design world, Laydeson would not be employed by any design company in the future, and he also faced a huge compensation, ten times his savings.
He finally panicked.
Laydeson even began to suspect that the email was a deliberate ploy to trap him; how else could he have ended up in this predicament?
In his anger, he used all the swear words he had ever known, hurling them back at the sender of the email.
If it weren’t for the sender’s IP address being encrypted, he would not let that person off!
With nowhere else to turn, Laydeson could only go to the headquarters of Lan, pleading for Lan to withdraw the lawsuit.
Gu Wenzhu happened to come out of the elevator, ready to fly to the Great Xia Empire to visit Si Fuqing’s set.
As for the fool Qu Lingyun, he didn’t want to see him at all.
Absolutely brainless.
“Mr. Gu!” Laydeson’s eyes lit up, he hurriedly called out to Gu Wenzhu, his face showing a look of plea and lowering his stance considerably, “Considering you once gave me guidance, as my half-teacher, please don’t mind this matter, alright?”
“I was wrong, I apologize, I didn’t intend to plagiarize, maybe it was because the designs made too strong an impression when I saw them, so I unwittingly referenced them when drawing my own, it really wasn’t deliberate, I was just drawing inspiration, yes, inspiration. As long as you’re willing to forgive me, I’m willing to work for Lan without a salary!”
Si Fuqing could only be considered Lan’s spokesperson, as long as Lan didn’t care, Si Fuqing wouldn’t be able to make any waves.
“Just a spokesperson?” Gu Wenzhu saw through Laydeson’s thoughts, stopped in his tracks, and sneered coldly, “You dare to copy the designs of God’s Right Hand, do you think this has an end?”
Plagiarism had reached his precious apprentice, there was no end to this!
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