Before long, Eligance released a statement.
Chapter 189
Eligance: Thank you for your attention and support!
We apologize for taking up space online, but we will address the accusations of plagiarism against us accordingly.
First of all, our company has always made sure that all products are original and unique. We also respect the intellectual property rights of designers, and we would not condone
plagiarism under any circumstance.
We have carefully checked all our products and design drafts, and we are certain that they are not products of plagiarism. If you have any concrete evidence of plagiarism, please get in touch with our company. We will definitely review it in a fair and equitable manner.
Finally, we will continue to focus on our work and uphold the importance of intellectual property rights. Thank you!
Less than five minutes later, the whistleblower immediately uploaded the picture of a design. draft. The date marked on the draft was one year ago, while Eligance’s new products were only a few months old. When they accused MY Corporation of plagiarism, they showed that their draft had only been made a few days earlier in comparison.
The netizens immediately started talking once they saw the news.
[This is ridiculous! Eligance is involved in plagiarism, but they accused MY Corporation of it instead! How shameless!]
[It’s fine for you to criticize Eligance, but you don’t have to act as if MY Corporation is innocent. Both of them plagiarized, so they’re both bad!]
[Hahaha, it’s my first time seeing the pot calling the kettle black!]
[Eligance, don’t act like you’re not seeing this. Do you have nothing else to say?]
[I don’t think Eligance should be blamed. They have a really good attitude about this. The design draft has never appeared anywhere else, so how would they know that they plagiarized? I think they’re victims too!]
Aiden’s eyes were cold when he read the comments. “Contact the social media sites immediately and remove these trending searches!]
After that, he gave Reva a call.
“Reva, what’s going on with the plagiarism accusation? Aren’t you the one who came up with the design?”
Reva was also extremely anxious. She did not expect Blanche to expose the truth. “Uncle, I’m on my way to find the person responsible. I’ll settle this!” she said through gritted teeth.
When Aiden heard this, he kicked the chair beside him and yelled, “You idiot! I’m going to be in so much trouble!”
Aiden ended the call in anger and spoke to his assistant coldly, “Tell the PR Department to release a statement. Say that Eligance was unaware of this and that we promise to compensate the original designer!”
Diary gave Alden a call soon after.
“Mr. York, what’s going on?”
Alden could hear the dissatisfaction in his voice, so he immediately said, “Don’t worry, Me Whitman. This incident won’t affect Perficient. I’ll take care of it!”
“You better be telling the truth!”
If their plot was exposed, he would definitely lose his position as the generd manger of Perficient!
Meanwhile, the employees of MY Corporation also saw the news online.
Dulcie immediately went to see Silvia, “Sil, have you seen the news about Eligence’s plagiarism?”
Silvia nodded with a calm expression. “Yes.”
“Why are you this calm?”
“Would you be surprised when you already expected something to happen?”
Dulcie was shocked. “Are you behind this?”
“Yes,”
“But this won’t really harm them. All they have to do is insist that they had no idea, and they’d be let off the hook.”
Silvia smiled and said, “You’ll see.”
While the netizens were busy discussing Eligance and MY Corporation, Reva met up with Blanche.
Reva slapped her across the face when she saw her.
“Blanche, you promised me!”
