Lu Zhiyan is a commercial spy
A company that no one has ever heard of has become famous thanks to its newly released concept art.
All of a sudden, the urban jungle theme concept became popular throughout the city.
The mall’s new posters are promoting the urban jungle.
The take-out bags of the milk tea shop are printed with an urban jungle.
Clothes from the Urban Jungle collection appeared in women's clothing stores.
Even pet clothing has an urban jungle series.
All of this was provided by a design company called "Simple Green".
The good news is that Qin Shi’s design drawings became popular.
The bad news is that Qin Shi’s design drawings were stolen and it was another brand that became popular.
When Qin Shi saw the hot search, she immediately looked at Lu Zhiyan's workstation, which was closest to her desk.
Qin Shi, who already had a seed of suspicion in her heart, rubbed her eyes and sighed in disappointment at the empty Lu Zhiyan's workstation: "Lu Zhiyan, so you are a commercial spy."
Lu Zhiyan parked the car and walked to the office.
The employees of Jianyi Company never stopped discussing Lu Zhiyan.
A: "Have you heard? Mr. Lu Zhiyan is monitoring Mr. Qin in the office every day."
B: "Why are you monitoring Mr. Qin?"
A: "I don't know either. I heard that President Lu moved to President Qin's office with the approval of President Jian Qing."
B: "Oh my god, this is so exciting! Is Mr. Jian planning to kill Mr. Qin?"
A: "Who knows? Maybe President Qin has been in charge for a long time now and has tasted the power, so he doesn't want to return the management rights to President Jian. President Jian is such a smart man. He sent a legal advisor like President Lu to monitor President Qin's every move and prevent him from breaking the law."
C: "It is said that Mr. Qin's design draft was leaked. Now Mr. Lu is the biggest suspect."
B: "Design draft? Is that the fourth quarter's Urban Jungle series?"
C: "That's right. The fourth quarter is almost here. What are we going to do with our products?"
B: "Oh, please don't let anything go wrong. My salary and year-end bonus are all in jeopardy. Please hold on."
Lu Zhiyan always treated all the rumors among employees as empty talk.
But today, when he walked on the street, he could clearly feel that more people were turning their heads to look at him.
When he arrived at the office, Qin Shi had a stern face, as if the rage he had been suppressing for a long time was about to burst out.
"Lu Zhiyan, admit it. As a man, you must take responsibility for what you have done." Qin Shi's voice was as pleasant as ever, but it sounded very cold.
Lu Zhiyan didn't know what had happened, but to him, something was very urgent. If he didn't move forward, things would be ruined.
"Although I don't know what you want me to admit, I'd better do it while it's hot." Lu Zhiyan said as he took out a paper object from his handbag.
He wanted to hand the thing to Qin Shi, but Qin Shi didn't appreciate it and didn't show any intention of taking it. He had no choice but to draw an arc in the air and carefully place the thing on the edge of Qin Shi's desk.
"It's hot, hot, hot. Of course it's hot. The whole city is talking about it now." Qin Shi said unhappily, while turning on the computer and showing the pictures on the hot search to Lu Zhiyan.
Hot search: Urban jungle, the whole city breathes the breath of nature!
The accompanying picture is Qin Shi’s design draft.
“Your design is trending, so why are you not happy?”
Qin Shi just felt that Lu Zhiyan's acting skills were too good. With his intelligence, he could clearly tell at once that there was a problem with the design draft, but Lu Zhiyan just avoided telling the facts behind it.
Qin Shi felt that Lu Zhiyan must be worried that he might let the cat out of the bag and make the fact of stealing the pictures public.
"Look for yourself at the provider of this picture. We were going to apply for copyright after the meeting this morning to finalize the plan. Now, a company called Jianlv that appeared out of nowhere has released and sold the design ahead of schedule. Our business secrets have been stolen." Qin Shi was still upset when she said this. How much concentrating overtime and how much effort were put into designing something that could have become a masterpiece of life, but now it has been stolen like this.
"This design drawing is only stored in my office computer. The only person who can access my office computer is you, besides myself." Qin Shi looked directly at Lu Zhiyan, trying to find panic and exposure in his eyes. In her heart, Lu Zhiyan is now an out-and-out commercial spy.
Unfortunately, she couldn't see any worry in Lu Zhiyan's eyes. On the contrary, there was a subtle joy flashing in Lu Zhiyan's eyes.
"It's infringement, the infringing party is clear, and that's a considerable amount of compensation." When Lu Zhiyan received Qin Shi's information about the stolen pictures, he felt a sense of joy like a cat hearing a mouse.
"How do you prove that it wasn't you who leaked the design drawings?" Qin Shi was still confused. If Lu Zhiyan was pretending, then his acting skills were truly terrifying.
Lu Zhiyan smiled calmly, "Why would I need to prove myself? Mr. Qin, remember my position: legal advisor. What I need to do now is to recover the relevant losses through legal means. In order to complete the chain of evidence, I may need Mr. Qin's cooperation to prove that this is indeed your design draft."
"My design draft was stolen, and I still have to prove that I am myself?" Qin Shi thought this was ridiculous.
Lu Zhiyan nodded. "It's okay. You can look for the historical records of the design images. The group also needs to conduct a self-investigation to find out how the design draft ended up in the hands of Jianlu Company. Was it a cyber attack or human error? Let's investigate on a small scale first."
Lawyer Lu spoke sincerely and calmly, without any words of defense for himself. Instead, every step he took was based on the best interests of Jianyi. Judging from Lu Zhiyan's performance, he did not seem like someone who would push Jianyi Company into dire straits for profit or hatred.
This made Qin Shi feel a little embarrassed. Compared to Lu Zhiyan, she was more like a person who was blinded by anger because her work was stolen.
"It's okay, don't feel burdened. When I was in school, someone copied answers from my homework book. After copying, the book was torn up and thrown into the classroom trash can. I was very sad and devastated at the time. It was a girl who told me that it's the person who made the mistake, not the one who was hurt, who should be ashamed. Even if the homework book is destroyed, the knowledge belongs to you. People who copy answers will never experience the joy of overcoming a difficult problem."
Qin Shi raised her head and looked at Lu Zhiyan's sincere expression.
Lu Zhiyan smiled: "It seems that you don't remember that the person who said this to me was Qin Shi in high school."
Qin Shi really didn't remember much. In high school, she and Lu Zhiyan didn't interact much, but she didn't expect that Lu Zhiyan would still remember what she had said.
"Time is a magical thing. The words I said unintentionally many years ago can now comfort me." Qin Shi sighed.
"Unintentional?" When Lu Zhiyan heard Qin Shi's description, his smile gradually faded, and he looked like he was hurt.
Qin Shi couldn't help but feel strange. Normally, he would smile playfully when she reprimanded him, and he seemed unaware when she doubted him. He was such a self-centered person, how could he be hurt by a word?
"Forget it. You have many friends in school and are very popular. You are the focus wherever you go. You speak so much to so many people every day. How can you remember every word clearly?" Lu Zhiyan comforted himself.
"If I had any intention to harm Jianyi Company, I would not be standing here to analyze the pros and cons with you. Everything I said is to solve the problem faster. If you are worried, Mr. Qin, just leave the matter to someone else." Lu Zhiyan's words were still full of frustration, and his eyes had lost the usual complacent brilliance.
Qin Shi calmed down and thought about the whole thing from beginning to end.
There was indeed no need for Lu Zhiyan to plagiarize the group's design draft. He knew the law well and would not commit a crime so easily, especially when it was obvious that he was putting himself in the vortex of being the first suspect.
"You're right. I'd like to ask Jianlv Group where their design drafts came from." Qin Shi thought for a while. The matter still needed to be unraveled, and the fastest way was to ask the users of the design drafts.
"The name Jianlu is very professional, giving people the feeling that Jianyi Company has some green on its head." Lu Zhiyan reminded carefully.
"This is really too much, it's simply a deliberate provocation." Assistant Lin said angrily on the side.
"We can investigate Jian Lu, but since they've made such a big deal out of this, they should have made sufficient preparations." Lu Zhiyan pondered, "Why don't we start from the beginning? Who knew that the design draft was in your possession?"
Qin Shi paused and kept thinking back.
"Too many, most of the people in Jianyi Company, as well as the bosses I've worked with. Boss Li came over yesterday, and I showed him my drawings."
After listening to her, Lu Zhiyan slowly sat down in his office chair.
"What do you think we should do, Mr. Qin?"
"Actually, when I first learned about this, I was both angry and happy. I was angry because the pictures were stolen, and I was happy because my work has received so much recognition. Anyway, everyone in the group knows that the design drawings of the Urban Jungle series are my work. In order to avoid losses, I just need to work overtime and draw some other pictures." Qin Shi seemed to be answering Lu Zhiyan's question, but also seemed to be comforting herself.
"If you remain so naive, someone will always bully you. Collect evidence and call the police." Lu Zhiyan said bluntly.
Qin Shi had thought about calling the police, but she was worried that it would have a negative impact on Jianyi Company.
What good would it do if we found the person who plagiarized the design? The design draft has already been made public, and Jianyi using the same picture again will not bring any freshness to the customers.
If the person who plagiarized the images cannot be found, or even worse, if the existing evidence cannot prove that the images are theirs, the public may accuse Jianyi Company of having red-eye syndrome.
Calling the police was a huge gamble for her.
She didn't dare to gamble.
Thinking of this, Qin Shi shook his head.
"Forget it, I'll just redraw it. There's still time."
"You're a little different from usual. You're very different from the Qin Shi I remember as the casual, cheerful, and daring person who loves and hates."
Seeing the loneliness that flashed across Qin Shi's eyes, Lu Zhiyan's gaze never left Qin Shi. His furrowed brows were like a computer, performing some special scenario analysis around the ultimate goal.
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