The next morning, I received a call from Gao Sheng, and he told me that something had happened to the company.
I hurriedly drove to the company, and Gao Sheng in the office was exhausted and lifeless.
"What's going on?" I asked him as soon as I entered the office.
Gao Sheng picked up a court leaflet on his desk and said seriously: "Boss, we were sued by Anrui Clothing."
I was completely stunned. I picked up the flyer and looked at it. The prosecution was really Anrui Clothing, and the reason was that we copied their design.
It caused irreparable economic losses to Anrui Clothing and required us to compensate for the economic losses of 10 million yuan!
When I looked at this court flyer, I was stunned and couldn't move my whole body for more than ten seconds!
In the silence, Gao Sheng sighed heavily: "I came to the company early this morning, and the company's legal department handed it in."
Only then did I come to my senses and said, "What plagiarism? Did we copy their design?"
"I went to check, and it dates back to half a year ago. Several sets of embroidered outfits we released are indeed exactly the same as their designs."
I was stunned again. What happened half a year ago was that our company’s main product was embroidered clothing?
This...what's going on?
"How is this possible? The embroidered clothing we released at that time was a unique design. Did they copy it from us?"
"Boss, I have asked the legal department to investigate. We indeed have plagiarism."
"What's the reason?"
Gao Sheng sighed again, then picked up another piece of information from his desk and handed it to me.
I took it and opened it and looked at it. On it were all the plagiarized design drawings, as well as the original manuscript sent by Anrui Clothing, including the source of design inspiration. They were all exactly the same.
After reading it, I was even more confused. I remembered that these design manuscripts were all original manuscripts left by Li Sheng.
How could this be plagiarism?
But if it was not plagiarism, then how could Anrui Clothing have the original manuscript, even the design concept and design inspiration, and even the advertising slogans are the same.
This is so unscientific!
Even if there is a traitor in the company, such private information cannot be leaked.
Gao Sheng said to me again at this time: "Boss, I have talked with the legal department. This matter is either caused by our internal leakage, or they do have the original design drawings."
"It is impossible for them to have the original design drawings. These are out-of-print design manuscripts left by Li Sheng. They can only be leaked internally by us."
"Then... why don't you ask Xiao Siya to come up and ask?"
Xiao Siya is in charge of the design department, so we can only go to her for this matter.
I nodded, so Gao Sheng called Xiao Siya and asked her to come to the office.
While I was waiting for Xiao Siya, I looked at the lawsuit letter sent by Anrui Clothing, including their clothing styles, which were indeed exactly the same as the embroidered clothing we released before, even the details were the same.
This is so unscientific!
A few minutes later, Xiao Siya came to Gao Sheng's office. When she saw that I was there, she immediately said hello to me: "Hey! Boss Chen, you are a rare visitor!"
Seeing my serious expression, Xiao Siya stopped smiling playfully. She came over and asked, "What happened?"
I handed her the leaflets from the court, including the information Gao Sheng showed me just now.
Xiao Siya took it and took a look, her brows instantly wrinkled, her expression was exactly the same as mine just now.
She was stunned for a while, then put down the information and said, "What's going on?"
"Our company's design draft has not been leaked, right?" I asked.
"No, it's been in the safe and I haven't moved it."
"sure?"
Xiao Siya almost did not hesitate, nodded and said: "I am very sure, I have always been very careful about these design manuscripts. Although these manuscripts are not mine, as a designer, I know the importance of these things.
Not allowed to be touched."
"So these things are still in the safe?"
"It must be there. I'll go get it now."
Xiao Siya said and hurriedly left the office.
This makes me even more confused, if these original manuscripts are there and they are definitely not leaked.
So what's going on?
Is it really the second possibility?
A few minutes later, Xiao Siya came to the office with a lot of design drawings.
She spread out all the design drawings on the coffee table and said to me: "I have counted them all, and they are all in one picture."
Gao Sheng and I looked at each other, and there was really no solution to this.
I was stunned! I couldn’t believe my eyes!
The world was spinning! I collapsed on the sofa, my mind went blank!
I feel like I can't breathe and the end of the world is coming!
My heart was beating in my chest, my mind went blank, my ears were ringing, and my eyes were black.
I realized that Yalan Clothing was going to be in trouble!
There has been no news about Wang Yi in the past half month, so this move is a surprise to me!
"Boss, what should we do?" Gao Sheng suddenly asked me in a daze.
I lit a cigarette, tried to suppress my emotions, and said, "I'll go talk to Wang Yi first. I'm afraid this matter is not that simple."
Xiao Siya took the words and said: "No, what is going on? How could it be plagiarism? These designs were all made half a year ago, why are you suing for plagiarism at this time?"
"If plagiarism really exists, it will continue to exist even for one or two years, but... I can't think of why plagiarism exists."
Xiao Siya added: "Or have you already leaked it before?"
"Impossible, besides Li Sheng, only you know these designs."
"You doubt me?" Xiao Siya said blankly.
I shook my head and said, "I'm not doubting you, I just think this matter is too strange."
Gao Sheng suddenly said at this moment: "Boss, do you think Li Sheng used these design drawings again? After all, these are all his designs. Of course he knows all the designs."
"It's not impossible!" Xiao Siya agreed.
I still deny that although Li Sheng has left the company for so long, I trust his character and there is no way he would betray me.
These design drawings were clearly explained to me before he left, and they were given full authority to me.
Gao Sheng added: "Let's understand it first. This matter cannot be magnified any more. Otherwise, our company's reputation will be seriously affected."
Xiao Siya sighed and said: "If the design is really plagiarized, it will not only be a matter of reputation, but the brand image will most likely be affected."
Both of them are right. The design was accused of plagiarism. This is a disaster for a clothing company!
Wang Yi’s move is really cruel!
But I really want to know where she got these manuscripts from, and even the release dates are before ours.
This is so weird…
After I calmed down a little, I picked up my cell phone and dialed Wang Yi's number.
The reason why I have her number is because she called me once after I came back from Chengdu.
"Is something wrong? Boss Chen..." Wang Yi said in a relaxed tone on the other end of the phone.